Why the 'man of reason' should be celebrated more than the 'man of faith' 26 Articles

by Dan Mason

The man of reason should not be celebrated more than the man of faith. Likewise, the man of faith holds no victory over the man of reason. To be frank, to even consider this question to be of great importance is to prove o...read more

by Prin Dumas

Due to the tendency people have to believe in "something," and the struggle to simultaneously maintain an educated and rational approach to reality, faith may sometimes seem foolish. Facts, concepts proven to be absolute ...read more

by Steven Gadberry

In the world of Scientific Achievement and the Technology or Information Age, it is the "Man of Reason", not the "Man of Faith," who should be celebrated. The man of reason questions the realities of the world around th...read more

by David Birchall

Faith and reason are two complex ideas, and it certainly cannot be said that the 'man of reason' is any more worthy of celebration than the 'man of faith'. Faith, in the modern world, carries with it certain problems. No l...read more

by Kl Schofield

Faith, by necessity, is to some degree blind. There is a difference between having faith that something will happen and concluding that it is likely based on a reasoned analysis of probabilities. To have faith is to have c...read more

by Lisa Curry

I assert that the man of Reason needs to coexist alongside the man of Faith. Out of the dark ages we progress through science but we fail to thrive without Faith. We have faith in so many things from believing that the s...read more

by Anne Harris

When we are children, we are often encouraged to ask questions about whatever we don't understand. You can not learn anything unless you ask questions. However, when it comes to religion and spirituality, we must simply ac...read more

by Larry Forrest

When it comes to religious faith, which is the sort being discussed here, I think Mark Twain summed it up best when he quipped, "Faith is believing what you know ain't so." Reason, in the form of the scientific method and...read more

by will sprout

Reason and Faith. When God created man; he created man. Nowhere on earth does it say he created a particular type of man. True the Jewish people claim to be the children of God, but in this sense they were chosen....read more

by Glenn Pappas

The 'man of reason' should absolutely not be more celebrated than the 'man of faith', however to be a 'person of reason' and a 'person of faith' should be what we aspire to. Acknowledging that we have been created by a Cr...read more

by Daniel Wynne

For disclosure purposes, I am a Christian. Having said that, based on his definition of "faith," I agree with the writer of the other article on this topic, Mr. MW. But what if he is mistaken in his understanding of wha...read more

by Beast

For the longest time since I became a full-fledged atheist, I have been mulling over the concept of faith, and why it is the exact polemic of reason and logic. To begin with,I would perhaps examine this peculiar human b...read more

by Charles Hume

Many years ago the people of the Earth knew the Earth to be flat. A platform, we are all standing and could fall off, if one got too close to the edge and presumably plummet for all of time through the vastness that is spa...read more

by David Mccarthy

Before we "celebrate" men of faith, as opposed to men (or women) of reason, it must be remembered that the supposed antagonism between faith and reason is a false controversy to begin with. In fact,"the man of reason" who ...read more

by Unstoppable Force

Religion has existed with mankind since its inception to this planet. In the beginning, religion was a way for man to explain the the natural world around them. When floods came, or the earth shook... the gods must b...read more

by Mallory Zlomanchuk

Let the Devil Seduce You First things first: I met the Devil. I was submersed below sea level. Beyond earth. Beyond reality. Beyond death and birth. Gone was my mortality, my sensuality, normality, and actuality...read more

by Holly Foard

Religion: a debate that has been going on for countless centuries, and will still be going on when we are all dead and gone. What is religion? Why believe in religion? The mass of society believes in SOMETHING - a higher b...read more

by Mary Frances Fife

To properly address this statement one needs to understand who the man of reason and who the man of faith is. For these two words within themselves have very broad meanings, to say the least. Also either one...the man of...read more

by AMERICAN MAN

~=KNOWING vs BELIEVING=~ (spirit of truth) Why be confused? Neither could be appreciated, without understanding and man has no way 'to prove' what a dead book says (past authors), nor to know anything is real, unless it'...read more

by MDV

The main of faith is blinded to his own ignorance. The man of faith is lured into accepting a reality without a firm investigation of the truth of reason and logic. The main of faith is weak, and accepts faith because hi...read more