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Meaning, religion is based on faith and faith is by definition illogical and irrational, not asking of proof. And yet people constantly ask questions of a logical and rational nature, the two are incompatible.

8 Responses to “Why do people insist on asking logic based questions of religion when religion by nature is illogical?”

1. neil s on November 25th, 2009 6:42 pm

   Faith flew planes into buildings. If you have no logic and no evidence, you have nothing.

2. Kyle J on November 26th, 2009 4:49 am

   And then they don’t get why their analogies are bad.

3. p1sheila on November 26th, 2009 8:27 pm

   EXACTLY

4. Rodney H on November 27th, 2009 11:37 am

   Faith and Logic are not necessarily opposites. You have faith that the Chair you are sitting in will hold you up—that is also logical.

5. Noki Slovlaklovich on November 30th, 2009 3:50 am

   People need to think. Badly. What do you think brought this state into the world?

   As the first one above said, it was fiath that flew planes into the twin towers… and faith that is currently launching rockets in the middle east.

   People must be taught to think rationally, lest it destroy our world.

6. Alex S on December 2nd, 2009 11:22 am

   Because as you stated faith is illogical and irrational such is the way of love , some people so strongly for somone or something no matter if there was love was proved wrong they would fight for it such is the way of faith that with its irrationality is that there is no way to prove there faith is true or not as we cant prove there is a god and there isnt and so faith continues on blind hope and thereofre it is a viscious circle that will continue as long as people have emotions.

7. mrglass08 on December 5th, 2009 8:08 am

   You have an incorrect definition of faith as used in scripture.

8. triviadude318 on December 7th, 2009 2:18 am

   Not all relgion is entirely faith based or illogical. The type of religion you are talking about is called fideistic religion.

   Some of it is merely implausible as opposed to illogical. Examples: Trinity 3=1 is inherently illogical. Resurrection, not inherently illogical, but highly implausible. We would have to assume that one event occurred that was totally out of synch about everything we know about human life. Most people claim to believe in Jesus’s resurrection based on faith but if you come across one who appeals to “historical evidence” i.e. the Bible there is at least a possibility of persuading them they are wrong (however, the likelihood that you will change their mind is almost as unlikely as Resurrection itself).

   Some religious believers are however comfortable with their religious beliefs because they have never noticed that they are either implausbile or illogical. (Not ever religious believer takes Tertullian’s view, I believe because it is absurd. If they did, then you are right it would be futile to try and reason with them.)

   By asking a question that points out something illogical, assuming that they don’t already know it’s illogical and not care (Tertullian’s position), you’re hoping to change their mind or if not change their mind or at least shake their dogmatic certainty a little bit.

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