(May 17, 2009 at 1:36 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Which is what I'm saying. There can't be rationalising for faith... but rationalising for a reason to take the faith leap. Very different.
That makes no sense (to me, at least).
If there's a rational reason to take a leap of faith, then by definition, it isn't a leap of faith
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip