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Rationality and Faith

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Me: let us discuss the relationship between faith and Reason and if they meet somewhere.What if I assume Reason emanates from God just like light emanates from Sun. Let's explore this argument. Friend: Reason emanates from your beliefs and if u believe in God it will emanate from your faith in God. Let's say you are a Christian. Your reasoning may give references to Christianity inherently without u even knowing it I mean my reasoning will be affected by my faith due to my belief in God Me: I think you are referring to confirmatory bias as is called by psychologists, A bias will work both ways if you say no God can exist then you would assume that rationality and reason is a proof against the existence of the possibility of any God.And what about rationality in the physical world of physics? Friend: What I perceive or observe from the environment... That's rationality Me: What makes environment or matter rational, what gives the ability to perceive it as rational by

Critical thinking

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Agreeing to disagree.