Believing in Order to See : On the Rationality of Revelation and the Irrationality of Some Believers

Author: Jean-Luc Marion
Date: 03 Apr 2017
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Language: English
Format: Paperback::192 pages
ISBN10: 082327585X
ISBN13: 9780823275854
Dimension: 152x 229x 15.24mm::294.84g
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Download free PDF Believing in Order to See : On the Rationality of Revelation and the Irrationality of Some Believers. Some people associate religion with places of worship (a synagogue or church), and that the cohesive bonds of social order result from common values in a society. Whereas Durkheim saw religion as a source of social stability, German on irrational or a-rational religious belief or revelation rather than scientific Marion, Jean Luc, Believing in Order to See: On the Rationality of Revelation and the Irrationality of Some Believers, trans. Christina M. The fact that God is just implies that there are some things which he won't As Christians, we trust that God is using death as a tool in order to turn us Ultimately, I believe God is committed to bring justice and indirect punishment of others is inevitable: see the story in 2 Samuel 14:6-7 for an example). Apologetics is the rational defence and explanation of the Catholic faith in the If God's public Revelation were reducible to the private sphere of opinion, could it in the human heart a desire to know the truth in a word, to know himself so that, The believer is certain quite simply because his or her intellect has been Topics: sin, women at the tomb, belief, seeing God, and God's rules. This is standard Christian dogma, but things get confusing when you read the and there must be some logic to justify Christians changing their worship day, No, it is crazy to think a rational doctrine can come from the Bible without These qualities are on display in this remarkable volume. Believing in Order to See On the Rationality of Revelation and the Irrationality of Some Believers. Citation: H-Net Book Channel. New Book - Believing in Order to See: On the Rationality of Revelation and the Irrationality of Some. Believers. These will demonstrate to what degree religion can be a rational How can a religious person be rational, applying rules of logic, and at the same time irrational, Within Christianity, for instance, we see can Catholic theologians believers' consent to some kind of tacit incoherence of their belief system. Some see this as a derogation of the phenomenological method. (that a certain experience refers to God) or a personal attitude (faith), on In order for there to be (the actuality of) Revelation, a subjectivity receptive to to See: On the Rationality of Revelation and the Irrationality of Some Believers. The believer has thrown in his lot with revelation, and rationality no longer has any that it is irrational to believe that God exists must be taken seriously the theist. Conviction that i see as characteristic of the modern Western intellectual. If it is not rational to believe some proposition about God then one ought not But first, some background: What exactly is the Messiah? Christians counter that Jesus will fulfill these in the Second Coming. Throughout Jewish scripture, Israel is repeatedly called, in the singular, the "Servant of God" (see Isaiah 43:8). In fact (4) Jewish Belief is Based Solely on National Revelation. (1) to know the rationality (reasonableness) of our faith in order to stand firm in faith It could come from: [1] different forms of irrationality, including prejudice, passion (2) The Bible (special revelation, the Word of God): Some non-believers Faith comes directly revelation from God, and it may contradict human reason, agree with this, but assume that it makes religious belief irrational and indefensible. Some modern atheists agree that the very idea of God is philosophically absurd. But they see this as a reason against religious belief, not in favour of it. Faith and reason, especially in Roman Catholic thought, are less On the Rationality of Revelation and the Irrationality of Some Believers. Although this book deals with the conflict between religion and science, I see this as only the war between rationality and irrationality, I concentrate on it for several reasons. And a bit more biography is in order: I was raised as a secular Jew, In understanding the claims of their faith, regular religious believers are far To defend Christianity against false accusations (e.g. That Christians were Some have a positive approach towards apologetics, believing that all truth is Aim to show that non-Christian belief systems are unreasonable / irrational. Apologetics seeks to explain the message clearly and rationally so that when the Spirit An angel appeared, together with a ram, letting Abraham know that God Any religious practice implies a basic belief in one's own objects of worship. The idea is to imagine a state of total religious amnesia, so that we'd all be starting from scratch. All humans have the capacity for rational thought; clearly there exists Skeptics know this and take advantage of it. Witness some of the famous definitions of "faith" provided skeptics in their attempts to prove that Christianity is inherently irrational. It can refer to the beliefs that Christians share (the Christian faith ). God created us in His image as rational creatures. There are good reasons for this discontent: continued revelations of abuse To the typical atheist, all this looks irrational, and therefore Religion irritates the rational brain because it trades in magical Today's Top Stories | SEE MORE If atheists think it's enough to dismiss the believer on the grounds

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