Comments on: no escaping the question of faith http://jonathanperrodin.com/2009/01/no-escaping-the-question-of-faith/ working towards something i know not what Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:39:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20725 By: Archer http://jonathanperrodin.com/2009/01/no-escaping-the-question-of-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Archer Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:16:13 +0000 http://jonathanperrodin.com/?p=534#comment-86 No Kierkegaard is not saying, "believe in absurd things". He's saying that the Abrahamic religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam, take this story to demonstrate pure faith. But then, Kierkegaard asks, is religion condoning murder? If not (as the religions claim) then there must be faith (an excuse in Kierkegaard's eyes). Apologetics is dumb, if God can be known by reason, then you're subscribing to paganism. No Kierkegaard is not saying, “believe in absurd things”. He’s saying that the Abrahamic religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam, take this story to demonstrate pure faith. But then, Kierkegaard asks, is religion condoning murder? If not (as the religions claim) then there must be faith (an excuse in Kierkegaard’s eyes).

Apologetics is dumb, if God can be known by reason, then you’re subscribing to paganism.

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