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This is a great explanation of how faith and reason operate together. I have degrees in computer science and theology, so I don't have the scientific cred of a

• danbruc 12y ago
  It captures what happens but I find the conclusions wrong. Yes, we are often unable to act with complete scientific rigor because the systems we have to deal with are way to complex and so we use our intuition and the like to deal with the situations, but this does not at all mean that this is a good or useful way to understand our world - after all our intuition and common sense is exactly what gives us a wrong picture of our world. Only scientific rigor was able to teach us that the world is very different from what we usually see, from space and time over energy and matter to the dynamics of life, the earth and the universe as whole.
  • cicero 12y ago
    I am not saying, and neither is the author, that we should reject scientific rigor in the cases where it can be applied. Rather, we should not limit ourselves to only asking questions that can be answered by science. Indeed, it is impossible to live that way. Therefore, the rejection of religious claims, such as the existence of God, on the basis that they cannot be scientifically proven is not reasonable. If all questions of life were subjected to the same standard of proof that some people demand of religious claims, we would not be able to function. I used to be an atheist until I realized that my rejection of religion was intellectually dishonest. I therefore decided to investigate religion with an open mind, and that eventually led to my belief in God.