BYU Professor James Faulconer wrote a really insightful post Wednesday on Patheos about faith and reason being mutually dependent. I am providing the link. Please read the post and, if you want, excerpt statements here to discuss them:
"Faith and Reason: Mutually Dependent" (http://www.patheos.com/Mormon/Faith-and ... -2012.html)
The part that I liked the most was the very direct statement that "faith" without reason is nothing more than unsubstantiated opinion.
Real Faith Cannot Be Exercised without Reasoning
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Real Faith Cannot Be Exercised without Reasoning
I see through my glass, darkly - as I play my saxophone in harmony with the other instruments in God's orchestra. (h/t Elder Joseph Wirthlin)
Even if people view many things differently, the core Gospel principles (LOVE; belief in the unseen but hoped; self-reflective change; symbolic cleansing; striving to recognize the will of the divine; never giving up) are universal.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
Even if people view many things differently, the core Gospel principles (LOVE; belief in the unseen but hoped; self-reflective change; symbolic cleansing; striving to recognize the will of the divine; never giving up) are universal.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken