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Is faith the answer to cognitive dissonance?

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Huntard
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04-27-2010 3:25 AM 		Reply to: Message 3 by slevesque
04-27-2010 3:06 AM

slevesque writes:
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This is, I believe, the Biblical view on Faith. It should be evidence-based, it should be logically consistent.
I don't quite agree with this. Aren't there passages in the bible praising "blind" faith? Wasn't doubting Thomas ridiculed for his wanting evidence of Jesus' wounds by the other disciples?
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I could be wrong here, but this is how I seem to remember it.
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I could go look up the passage this evening, if a bit more detail is required.
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Huntard
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04-27-2010 4:27 AM 		Reply to: Message 6 by slevesque
04-27-2010 3:58 AM

Well, doesn't the phrase:
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blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.
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Kinda say that you should just believe (in "blind" faith) whatever you're told, regarding Jesus? I mean, he says that those who had not seen any evidence about these claims, yet still believed them, are blessed, right?
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But you may be referring to another passage, since you are saying that the Apostles ridiculed him and in this one they don't even speak.
Yeah, could be. I'll see to it this evening. Thanks for your reply.
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