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Posted by Dan on Mar 12th, 2008
2008
Mar 12

Reason

I’d love to see a Youtube of that sermon!

Reader jde pointed out that Reason and Faith have co-existed quite nicely since ancient times.  He’s right, if by Reason we mean Rationalism.  There is a long tradition of Reason in the service of Faith, say approximately Augustine through Descartes.  We can see a faint reflection of Rationalism today in Intelligent Design.

However, if by Reason we mean Empiricism and scientific method, say Hume forwards, then Faith and Reason are opposed.  The conflict is epistemological;  we can accept revealed truth, or we can follow the evidence, but if they disagree, we have to choose one or the other.