Sunday, March 4, 2012

Week 6: Discussion Question #3


According to the textbook, rationalists “maintain that religious beliefs should be consistent with reason and evidence.” I find this to be interesting because people normally believe in the religion or they do not. This type of Rationalism is quite popular within the American population. They believe there is a correlation between God, the creator, and proof that he exists. Rationalists rely on evidence to back up a certain belief in the religion. If there is no proof, they become skeptical of the idea and may reject it entirely. Sometimes the blame may fall on the failure of science to prove their beliefs, and not towards their religion. Proof is extremely important to them because it is answers to their questions. Yet, there are people out there in the world that try to disprove the rationalism ideas because they believe it is not God that brought us here, but rather the idea of evolution.

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