(December 20, 2012 at 12:58 am)Lion IRC Wrote:(December 19, 2012 at 2:08 am)clemdog14 Wrote: You are right. It is not rational for me to believe in God. I have to abandon reason in order to have faith in God. As Kierkegaard would say, faith is an absurdity, yet I still cling to it.
Really clemdog14?
Thinking that God exists is entirely rational for me.
I dont suppose you could put up the Kierkegaard ''faith is an absurdity'' quote in full could you?
I dont remember it.
Thanks for the quote.
I didnt get from it what you appear to have.
How does..."the repulsion of the absurd" lead to ''faith is an absurdity'' ?
And thanks for the backstory bit too.
But again, I'm reading...
''faith requires...''
''It demands...''
''...faith is the highest virtue one can reach.''
Where is the absurdity?