REASON,FAITH ,SCIENTIFIC LOGIC PROVES GOD'S EXISTENCE
The object of reason means all
that reason can know . this includes all that truths that can be 1. understood 2. discovered 3 . proved
logically without any premise assumed by faith in divine revelation.
The Relationship Between The Objects Of Faith And Reason
1 All that is known by faith is
also known by reason , but not all that is known by reason is known by faith.
Faith is also subclass of reason.
2. All that is known by reason is
also known by faith, but not all that is known by faith is known by reason .
reason is a subclass of faith.
3. All that is known by faith is
known by reason too, and all that is known by reason is known by faith. Faith
and reason are interchangeable.
4. Nothing that is known by faith
is known by reason, and nothing that is known by reason is known by faith . Faith
and reason are mutually exclusive.
Why Faith And Reason Can Never Contradict Each Other
1. Only Falsehood Can Contradict Truth , the
truth that the human reason naturally knows cannot be opposed to the truth of
the Christian faith. For that with which the human reason is naturally endowed
is clearly true, thus it is impossible to deny or think of such truths as
false. For instance, what has colour has size. We can not deny the truth of
such a proposition. Since, therefore, only the false is opposed to the true , as is clearly evident from an
examination of their definitions , it is impossible that truth of faith should
be opposed to those principles that the human reason knows naturally.
2. God is the teacher of both.
That which is introduced into the
soul of the student by the teacher is contained in the knowledge of the
teacher- unless the teacher is fictitious, which it is improper to say of God.
The knowledge of the principles that are known to us naturally has been
implanted in us by God: for God is the author of our nature. These principles
are contained in divine wisdom. Opposing them is opposing divine wisdom.
In other words, every possible
argument against every Christian doctrine has a rational mistake in it
somewhere, and therefore can be answered by reason alone.
Objections 1
But God’s ways and mind and
nature are infinitely far above ours: how can we expect to understand
them?
Reply : but we can understand what he has revealed to us .we cannot
completely understand divine truth, of course. We know God by revelation, but
we do not comprehend him or define him with our reason.
Objection 2
Isn’t it humble to demean the power of human reason?
Reply
Reason is created and designed by God and thus we should
regard it as such and ascribe honour to God
for it. Demeaning reason is not humility.
Objection 3
Isn’t it proud to think human reason can know a lot about God?
Reply
It is more proud to
use reason to limit reason than just to use reason. It is also
self-contradictory , for “ to draw a limit to thought you must think both sides
of that limit.” [ Wittgenstein]
Objection 4
What about those intellectually brilliant unbelievers e.g Marx , Shaw,
Russel, etc , if Christianity is so reasonable , why did they all reject it.?
Reply
There are more brilliant minds for Christianity than they
that oppose e.g Augustine, Galilieo , Leibniz, Berkley,
Calvin, Luther, Kepler, Newton, Newman, Lincoln , Pasteur, Milton,
Dickens, Da Vinci , Spenser And Bach.
Brilliant minds do not know it all and those that reject Christianity do
so because they don’t want to be true, because it is no longer fashionable or
because it commands obedience, repentance and humility.
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