The object of faith is not a doctrine, for then the relationship would be merely intellectual. The object of faith is not a teacher with a doctrine, for when the teacher has a doctrine, the doctrine is more important than the teacher and the relationship is again intellectual.
The object of the faith is the reality [...]
Tolerance is not accepting that all views, opinions or beliefs are EQUALLY TRUE. It is accepting other people even if you believe that their views, opinions or beliefs are NOT TRUE.
Colin McGinn (Philosopher, Oxford University).
Colin McGinn has a blog called Philospot.
Richard Lewontin is an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist and social commentator.
Lewontin on methodological naturalism:
We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community [...]
Genuine transformation of the whole person into the goodness and power seen in Jesus remains the necessary goal of human life. But it lies beyond the reach of programmes of inner transformation that draw merely on the human spirit.
The reality of all this is currently veiled from view by the very low level of spiritual [...]
Matthew 5:44-48 (New International Version)
“But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love [...]
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I just want to thank you for your efforts and for the resource that Faith Interface provides people like me. It’s hard to find places in the arena of apologetics where people treat each other with respect regardless of whether they agree or disagree. I find that you are very courteous and fair [...]
“Materialistic ideology has subverted the study of biological and cosmological origins so that the actual content of these sciences has become corrupted. The problem, therefore, is not merely that science is being used illegitimately to promote a materialistic worldview, but that this worldview is actively undermining scientific inquiry, leading to incorrect and unsupported conclusions about [...]
“The uniqueness and the scandal of the Christian religion rests on the mediation of the revelation through historical events. Christianity is not just a code for living or a philosophy of religion. It is rooted in the real events of history and is bound up with the truth of certain historical facts. And if these [...]
“I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people I know are religious believers. It isn’t just that I don’t believe in God and, naturally, hope that I’m right in my belief. It’s that I hope there is no God! I don’t [...]
“One cannot sacrifice truth at the altar of respect. To be sure, truth doesn’t eliminate respect. But respect should not be an end in itself. And as you know, truth is no respecter of persons… Respect for the right of another to be wrong does not mean that the wrong is right.” Ravi Zacharias (The [...]