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That is the problem. We have been programmed to operate spiritually from a ''faith vs. reason'' paradigm that says that in order to activate one [faith] we have to deactivate the other [reason]. The problem is, the Bible teaches no such antithetical relationship between the two. God intended them to work in perfect synthesis, with spiritual faith working at a higher level above our human capacity to reason, not in a vacuum devoid of all logical sequence of thought. | That is the problem. We have been programmed to operate spiritually from a ''faith vs. reason'' paradigm that says that in order to activate one [faith] we have to deactivate the other [reason]. The problem is, the Bible teaches no such antithetical relationship between the two. God intended them to work in perfect synthesis, with spiritual faith working at a higher level above our human capacity to reason, not in a vacuum devoid of all logical sequence of thought. | ||
=The Bible says that you | =The Bible says that you should answer the questions of skeptics= | ||
Many in the message ignore the many issues we have raised in this website and, when challenged, refuse to engage in any meaningful discussion or even attempt to answer the questions raised. | Many in the message ignore the many issues we have raised in this website and, when challenged, refuse to engage in any meaningful discussion or even attempt to answer the questions raised. | ||