“In all things, therefore, where we have clear evidence from our ideas, and those principles of knowledge I have above mentioned, reason is the proper judge; and revelation, though it may, in consenting with it, confirm its dictates, yet cannot in such cases invalidate its decrees: nor can we be obliged, where we have the clear and evident sentience of reason, to quit it for the contrary opinion, under a pretence that it is matter of faith: which can have no authority against the plain and clear dictates of reason.” MayIdeasMatterReasonFaithOpinionPrinciplesCasesClearJudgingAuthorityEvidenceAll ThingsContraryQuittingRevelationsEvidentObligedDecreePretence Book:An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Source: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
“The relation of faith between subject and object is unique in every case. Hundreds may believe, but each has to believe by himself.” BelieveMayFaithChristianityCasesSubjectsObjectsUniqueRelation Author:W. H. Auden
“At least five times, with the Arian and the Albigensian, with the Humanist skeptic, after Voltaire and after Darwin, the Christian Faith has to all appearance, gone to the dogs? But, in each of these five cases, it was the dog that died.” ChristianFaithChristianityCasesGoneFiveDogDiedAppearanceChristian LifeHumanistSkepticChristian Faith Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Are we using science in ways that it wasn't intended to, in which case we should be a little careful, or are we using faith in ways that faith wasn't really designed for? There are certain questions that are better answered by one approach than the other, and if you start mixing that up, then you end up in ... conflict.” IfsWayShouldLittlesEndsCertainFaithCasesConflictApproachCarefulScience And ReligionMixing Author:Francis Collins
“Reason is non-negotiable. Try to argue against it, or to exclude it from some realm of knowledge, and you've already lost the argument, because you're using reason to make your case. ... We don't "believe" in reason.” PeopleWayTryingBelieveReasonUseFaithBeliefLostCasesArgumentMiracleDon't BelieveArguingRealmsHave Faith Author:Steven Pinker