what is meant by faith versus science (reasons)?
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Please read the book, 'The Bible, The Quran and Science' by Maurice Buccaille, It is very enlightening.
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God wasn't created, He just always "was"....faith is the substance of things unknown, having faith is what it is all about =)
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When it comes to faith, I like to think of all the reasons why I can't stop my belief. Look at all the things that I don't have an answer for. The things that I can't do. All the times that my friends and family have let me down. Everything that science hasn't got a clue about. With all that we are limited on there has to be something more, something greater than just us. While we are limited, God is not. He has taken care of every detail in nature, as well as outside of nature. Faith is the couragr to believe when there is no way to explain why. This is why we have cars, planes, cures for illness, and the hope of tomorrow. Without faith,... given our limits, we really would be lost. If we don't hold on to an ever increasing faith were doomed. God has created everything, including our measure of faith, it's there for the taking... just ask HIm. He holds all wisdom untill such time as we are ready to take hold of it. All that's lacking is the trust for taking it. That comes with the relationship that we develop with Him. The closer that relationship is, the more faith you will find yourself having.\nMatt.
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Why do you need proof to have faith? The definition of faith is believing without seeing.  Jesus makes reference to this many times in the Bible.  He didn't want to perform miracles because he didn't want to have to prove who he was.  He just wanted people to believe. I mean, isn't it kind of an insult to someone when you ask for proof?  It means you don't trust that person and you can't have a relationship without trust.  If you don't trust that he is the Messiah, you can't have a relationship with him.
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Faith is not logical.
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Faith is the process of building and Atheism is the process of destruction. Empiricism sorts through the mess.
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God and religions requires belief which comes from a leap of faith.  With so many variations of beliefs, faith in God is totally subjective. \n\nScience is a method of proof, utilizing verifiable facts, evidence and substantiation.  We have yet to prove or disprove an existence of any Gods.
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Religion = compiled folktales.\nScience = measured method.  \n\nDo the math.
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This depends on what you mean by the term 'faith'. Atheists have beliefs, we just don't believe in a god. Atheism and nihilism are not the same thing! We also have faith in our friends, faith that most people try to be good (even if they fail), and faith that the world can be understood. However, all of these 'faiths' are based on reason, unlike the faith in a deity.
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It means that we should have TOTAL faith in God that He will provide for all of our needs. Just as the animals that He has created do not worry about their needs and what will come tomorrow, neither should we. We should always trust in Him completely.\n\nAdditionally, this statement if meant for believers, so if they do not believe in God, then ferris bueller's comment about the starving children in Africa have no bearing on God's promise. You can't have faith in something that you do not believe in. \n\nAlso, for those who do believe, they still must have faith. Worry-warts sometimes cause more harm to themselves by trying to solve the problem quickly, as opposed to letting God solve it. Like, for instance, spending money on lottery tickets--trying to get rich quick--as opposed to spending the money on a bag of rice and some bread or flour (just an example).
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Now faith is the substance (title deed) of things hoped (asked) for, the evidence of things not seen....Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.\n\nFaith is everlasting.  Faith, Hope, and Love are everlasting.
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well, you do bring up a good point, we have to have faith to believe both - for science we must have faith that truth exists and it can be explained by rational laws coming from experiments, and for religion we must have fauth that truth exists and is given by god and/or gos'd word which is contained in religious texts. the scientific faith requires a much smaller leap - it is hard not to believe something that can be reproduced over and over and becomes more and more powerful a tool for explanations. religion requires believing texts written, interpreted, and recopied by men long ago, and cannot be tested at any time.\nyou could choose, like nietzsche, to put faith in neither, and to doubt the existance of any ultimate truth. if you do choose to believe there is truth, then for me, science is far more persuasive.
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Your question cannot be answered.\n\nReason and faith are unrelated.  More, they are unrelatable.\n\nIt is a confusion of terms to consider the vernacular "belief", implying an awareness of facts which are subject to confirmation and disproof, with "belief" in the context of faith and religion, where the tenets are merely stated.\n\nEven within the technical arena, even within that most exacting of disciplines, mathematics, there remain elements that are the subject of belief without proof and without the possibility of proof (Kurt Godel).  \n\nFaith and reason are disjoint, and the tools of one are inadequate for a study or analysis of the other.  Therefore your question is improper, from a logical viewpoint, and the concept of a rational explanation of faith has no meaning.
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- Happy is he who has not seen, and yet believes.\n\n- Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen\n\nI agree that the idea of simply believing in things because you wish them to be true is absurd, but it is Biblical.  All the more reason to ignore what the Bible has to say.
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well, faith is all about being able to believe in something without physical proof of it existing. logically, that doesnt make sense. but, thats what faith is about. anyone can have faith in something when its right in front of you with the answers spelled out. but to be realistic, the bible doesnt explain everything. and it contradicts what we know is scientifically proven. but thats just it, you've independantly thought about this, and questioned it, you obviously werent brainwashed into anything. and if you want to believe in it, it sounds like you're ready. if you decide not to, thats cool too. i can understand that.\n\nto me, faith is about saying "i believe theres more to existence than what we understand right now".
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To put things in perspective, science does not deny nor confirm the existence of God.  The purpose of science is to explain the mechanisms of the material world.  "They" are studying brain functions related to religious experience. Religion is observance of phenomena and traditions as they relate to God or Gods.  The reason they are studying the brain is because every major civilization in the world has some religious aspect.  By studying the brain, they could deduce an environmental, genetic or unknown variable that contributes to religion only, not God's purpose.
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because religion has nothing to do with reason, \nand science is about reasoning....\n'