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Old 08-23-2007, 05:11 PM   #126 (permalink)
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Why do rationality and religion need to be at odds with one another?
They don't need to be, I'm just saying they often are.

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Yes, I think some -- perhaps too many -- are irrational in their approach to religion. Too many people, IMO accept the notion that it HAS to be irrational.
I think there can be rational elements to it for some people, certainly. But it can't be entirely rational or logical. Some portion has to be taken on faith, and faith itself is not rational, it's emotional. (That's not to say it's better or worse, but at the very least, different.)

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And most of us here on these dicussion boards have lived long enough to know there's nothing rational about being in love with another human being.
Oh, I agree. Love has an irrational component too.

No offense was intended to people of any faith.

I'm not calling one mode superior to the other, just saying that it's not possible to use a 100%-rational process in discussing a topic like faith. Or love for that matter.