Why 'Rational faith' Is An Oxymoron

[Darwinian]

I'm going to be picky here and say that it isn't an oxymoron.

The question is therefore, can faith be rational. This depends upon what you mean by faith which I interpret as the belief in something without direct evidence.

If this is the case then I have faith in things all the time. And each time I have a rational reason to have that faith. If my daughter tells me that she has done her homework then, based on previous experience, I have no reason to doubt her and accept her statement as fact. Therefore I would argue that it is quite rational for me to have faith in that statement.



If the faith you are talking about is the belief in something that flies in the face of logic and for which there is no evidence, nor can there ever be then I would agree.

Perhaps the statement should read..

Rational acceptance of all religious scripture and dogma despite and in some case in spite of contrary evidence is an oxymoron.