Reason cannot fully operate independently of our ultimate religious beliefs born of faith for the very reason that our faith influences the ways that our logic functions. Our faith, or lack of faith, is at the very core of who we are. No matter where we stand spiritually, nearly everyone has at least an opinion on their faith and even this can be a factor in how we reason. Strong faith in any Religious or spiritual entity whether it is a human, object, or God will cause us to be subjective to a certain extent in all aspects. We can consider situations objectively but only within our own person realm of faith and within our personal worldview or frame of reference. Weak faith, or lack thereof, in any being will also have an effect on our reasoning. When we have strong spiritual faith, typically our reasoning is more positive, less biased, and resonates out of a spirit of love.
A person who has little or no faith spiritually, by choice or by circumstances, is also influenced in their reasoning in the sense that their morals and standards may not be strongly rooted in or based upon anything positive and they do not feel held to any particular ethical standard short of what the law deems necessary because man’s law is the only law by which they are personally held responsible. However, despite the fact that our faith and reason intertwine, in many instances, we may perceive our faith and our reason to be opposed to one another because of the struggle that we experience within ourselves when what our faith teaches us is right is not what our reason tells us is typical or acceptable based upon what we have learned from the world. Even though in these instances, our reasoning is also influenced by things other than our faith, the fact remains that our decisions are based upon, wholly or in part, by our religious faith as well.
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