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Reason and Faith
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RE: Reason and Faith
July 17, 2012 at 7:00 pm (This post was last modified: July 17, 2012 at 7:00 pm by Mystic.)
(July 17, 2012 at 6:48 pm)aleialoura Wrote: If faith is a supernatural gift from god, and I don't have any, then isn't god's fault? Reason would suggest that, now wouldn't it?

If it's a gift given on conditions, then not necessarily. If it's a reward for certain level of goodness for example, then you can be blamed for not acquiring that. It can still be called a "gift" if the goodness doesn't deserve such a reward, but God appreciates the good enough to reward it.

I don't believe this myself, being a Deist, I don't believe God interferes with our beliefs or choices. Nor do I believe all believers in God have earned more good then all disbelievers in God.
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Reason and Faith - by Forsaken - July 17, 2012 at 6:22 pm
RE: Reason and Faith - by MysticKnight - July 17, 2012 at 6:31 pm
RE: Reason and Faith - by Anomalocaris - July 17, 2012 at 7:08 pm
RE: Reason and Faith - by Erinome - July 17, 2012 at 6:48 pm
RE: Reason and Faith - by MysticKnight - July 17, 2012 at 7:00 pm
RE: Reason and Faith - by Erinome - July 17, 2012 at 9:41 pm
RE: Reason and Faith - by MysticKnight - July 18, 2012 at 1:44 am
RE: Reason and Faith - by padraic - July 17, 2012 at 7:16 pm
RE: Reason and Faith - by Cato - July 17, 2012 at 8:17 pm
RE: Reason and Faith - by Faith No More - July 17, 2012 at 9:16 pm
RE: Reason and Faith - by genkaus - July 18, 2012 at 10:54 am
RE: Reason and Faith - by MysticKnight - July 18, 2012 at 12:43 pm
RE: Reason and Faith - by genkaus - July 19, 2012 at 4:08 am

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