Comments on: Humility: Reason vs. Faith

By: eddieTagalog

eddieTagalog — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:53:24 +0000

..two thumbs up!

"the truth only clings to those who believe in it…
what we believe is true is the truth…
it would become false when you stop believing that it's the truth…"

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By: Basti2682

Basti2682 — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:50:44 +0000

primitive/lazy/superstitious (wo)man's science: Godidit

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:17:15 +0000

As an extremely faithful person, I find it offensive that Atmosfera thinks believers think that they know more about everything just because they are faithful. I would argue that the reason people can believe these supernatural things is because they have the faith to get them past all of the technicalities. I also think it is highly unlikely that we came out of nothing. If planet earth can have water and sustain life in the way it does, why don’t any of the other planets have such abilities. Also, how did people and animals come about if there was no one to create them?

By: JohnIT

JohnIT — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:43:18 +0000

You just watched Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, didn’t you? Sagan is the most wholesome person I knew througout my entire life. He emphasized our potential as be united species, as well as our futility in the whole universe.

One of the most thought-provoking message from him is from is “Pale Blue Dot”

By: altejeremias

altejeremias — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:51:21 +0000

Humility is not the monopoly of either Reason or Faith. There are people who, because they are immersed in Reason, will arrogantly reject everything that is non-rational. There are people who, because they have "too much" Faith, will arrogantly reject everything that comes from Reason.

There are certain things that humans do not know or cannot know. Okay, John Galt's speech may have foreseen that I should make this comment, but let me say that the issue here has never been infallibility, it is ATTITUDE. It does not matter who is right or wrong, objectively, but how a person reacts to ideas which in his view are right, or wrong. There is no point in pitting Reason against Faith, especially as regards infallibility. Reason enables us to question things we cannot understand, while Faith enables us to accept things we cannot question. Where the boundaries are is different for each person, but to argue that we must question EVERYTHING – and, on the contrary, to argue that we must question NOTHING – is de facto arrogance. We must necessarily allow for a spectrum of diverse opinions, because we can never reduce people to unit qualities – if we do so, we unconsciously provide for a Law or Norm which just replaces the Law or Norm we questioned.

By: buyco5513

buyco5513 — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:10:25 +0000

Within all reasons and with faith… it is good to be a Creationist! You will be in your present time as you are… But, they are who they are, so am I or you. So, it would also be good to be a member of Filipino Freethinker!

By: Pascal

Pascal — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:19:15 +0000

If there is no truth…how can you prove to me your telling the truth? )

http://www.christianityexplored.org/tough-questio…

By: Pascal

Pascal — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:17:34 +0000

“If there is no God there will be no atheists” he!he!

By: bulateking

bulateking — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:23:23 +0000

ok , u don't believe in the miracles performed in the scriptures. you can perform those miracles too. it is only an advance technology that any "ordinary man" can't do.
as arthur clarke says..
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke

By: bulateking

bulateking — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:57:47 +0000

the science of men is relative, the truth of today isn't the same truth of tomorrow.