Question of the Day

[ayoub]

Logic vs Faith: On which side are you?

Comments

I have to admit, I laughed out loud at this question.

[bronxelf-ag001.livejournal.com]

Logic.

Always.

Re: I have to admit, I laughed out loud at this question.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Cool! Made you laugh! :D

[cmerun12.livejournal.com]

Logic

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Of course :D

[beatzz.livejournal.com]

Logic

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

[thermalsatsuma.livejournal.com]

Do you really need to ask? :-)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

True :D

[alainn-mactire.livejournal.com]

Both. Faith has logic.
(Ok, admittedly, not everyone's faith has logic, but...)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Glad you put that caveat in ;)

:D

[sorah.livejournal.com]

Oy. A tough question. I'm going to say that my faith is based on logic.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Intriguing... I can only accept a faith that fits with my logic :)

[seegwa.livejournal.com]

Logic wins out most of the time... Fortunately, my faith is very logical, so when I do rely on faith, it's not to the exclusion of all my reason. ;)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

One day, we should talk about faith :D

[brenda-in-sepia.livejournal.com]

I don't think the two are in opposition.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Maybe I've met too many people who use their faith to abandon logic...

[dishapeaches.livejournal.com]

Logic. Without a doubt.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

Me too!

[amanda.livejournal.com]

Logic, yep.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Yep :D

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

Logic

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Yep :)

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

logic and faith are two sides
of the same coin. one does
not exist without the other.!~paul

[the-ravyn.livejournal.com]

I couldn't have said this better myself.  I agree.

[smwright.livejournal.com]

Uh... logic.

And this is a nice illustration of the Principle of Similarity.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

Thank you... It's fun when I illustrate principles I've never heard of ;)

[uawildcatgrl.livejournal.com]

We have to choose...is there a rule that says you're not allowed to be logical AND have faith?

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I've met a fair few people who have faith, but don't follow logic, though :D

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

Both. I prefer to base my faith on logical and natural principles.

Faith need not be blind... only Mistress Justice. That's why She can only see in the dark. ^__~

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Now that's how I see my own answer to this question... Faith based on logical and natural principles :D

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

I don't take a side so I don't alienate the other. Not that I give a crap about pleasing people, but only so that I might stand as a mediator... because someone needs to do it.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

You'd make a great mediator though :D

[meredevachon]

Both. They aren't mutually exclusive. Logic makes a firm foundation for faith, and at some level, logic requires faith, even if it's at the level of finding the justification for "knowing" the things you "know".

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I think that yes, for a sensible person, that's true, but there are too many zealots out there...

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

Both. I'll not exclude either as I use what options I can muster when I need to. As I see it, faith is based on really fuzzy soupçon of logic, and logic starts with faith in one's ability to reason.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Nice... :D

[empatia.livejournal.com]

I believe if you have the right faith you should be able to back it up with logic.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

Good answer :)

[heardthatnoise.livejournal.com]

Seeing the things I've seen in the last 4 years, I have to say...both.

[childeofloki.livejournal.com]

Neither. Much of logic is based on faith in logic. Faith without logic is a fool's path. Logic without faith is near to impossible (you have to have faith that the predetermined answers in your logical equation have been proven true, or you will spend your entire life answering questions that have already been answered to reach just one simple conclusion, that you will likely never get to for shear dint of items on the list you have to prove before proving the next).

[chiropteraclan.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty much in the middle, sometimes leaning more to one side or the other, depending on a lot of factors. How is that for vague?

[photodiva02.livejournal.com]

Logic.

[katamphigorical.livejournal.com]

I have faith in logic.

[mishi-ragdoll.livejournal.com]

FAITH ALL THE WAY