#phil

God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#christianity #faith #god #jesus-shock #philosophy

Philosophy cannot and should not give us an account of faith, but should understand itself and know just what it has indeed to offer, without taking anything away, least of all cheating people out of something by making them think it is nothing. ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#faith

Faith is not belief in spite of evidence but a life in scorn of the consequences. ↗

— Clarence Jordan

#philosophy #religion #faith

To question reason is to trust it. ↗

— Mitch Stokes

#kant #philosophy #reason #shot-of-faith-to-the-head #faith

The broader problem is that a great deal of popular preaching and teaching uses the bible as a pegboard on which to hang a fair bit of Christianized pop psychology or moralizing encouragement, with very little effort to teach the faithful, from the Bible, the massive doctrines of historic confessional Christianity. ↗

— D.A. Carson

#historic-christian-orthodoxy #philosophy-of-preaching #faith

Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#philosophy #faith

By calling into question the very ideal of a universal, autonomous reason (which was, in the Enlightenment, the basis for rejecting religious thought) and further demonstrating that all knowledge is grounded in narrative or myth, Lyotard relativizes (secular) philosophy's claim to autonomy and so grants the legitimacy of a philosophy that grounds itself in Christian faith. Previously such a distinctly Christian philosophy would have been exiled from the 'pure' arena of philosophy because of its 'infection' with bias and prejudice. Lyotard's critique, however, demonstrates that no philosophy - indeed, no knowledge - is untainted by prejudice or faith commitments. In this way the playing field is leveled, and new opportunities to voice a Christian philosophy are created. Thus Lyotard's postmodern critique of metanarratives, rather than being a formidable foe of Christian faith and thought, can in fact be enlisted as an ally in the construction of a Christian philosophy. ↗

— James K.A. Smith

#christianity #knowledge #lyotard #metanarrative #narrative

Tell me one last thing," said Harry. "Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?" Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry's ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real? ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#dumbledore #knowledgeable #mind #philosophy #reality

Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality. ↗

— L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#philosophy #faith

...only the philosophical question is perennial, not the answers. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#questions #faith