Faith and Reason

 Do you think faith and reason are incompatible? Why? Why not?

The idea of faith not only has an important role in our daily lives, but is also a means to knowledge. People tend to follow and acknowledge what they believe.  There are many common features in different religions, which some of them could be the belief of paradise and hell. For instance, both Jainism and Sikhism believe in an after birth. Most of the religions portray the belief in God. However, there are a couple of religions that portray the belief of an individual’s nature such as Taoism and Buddhism. Furthermore, there are many differences in these nine major world religions. For example, the religion of Hinduism is the belief that humans “are caught in samsara.” The Hindus believe in the atman soul. However, Christians believe in God and it is a great difference between these last mentioned two religions. Faith, however, is not on its own but is definitely related to faith.

In my opinion, every single person has a free will meaning one can choose the religion he or she wants to follow depending on what is logical and reasonable for that person. People may shape a reasonable belief through the experiences they go through in their lives. From these experiences, they may build up a logical and reasonable judgment. By the same token, faith plays in all areas of our lives. There are many people who believe in different religions. As it could be remarked in the world today, there are many people who tend to disrespect others due to their spiritual beliefs and might as well fall into a quarrel between each other. Many examples may be seen throughout our lives due to how each country may treat another due to that country’ s major spiritual belief. Narrowing this down to the specific, a religion gives one rules to follow during his or her life and that is what should be done. For example, there are some religions that do not permit the drinking of alcohol, which means that the people following that religion are not allowed to drink alcohol. In addition to this, it is

possible for faith to be explained in terms of reason. For example, we can simply know that God is always present with us because He shaped us in an extraordinary way. If every single person on this Earth would gather with each other in order to create a small leaf, it would not be possible because God is the One and He is the Almighty. Reason plays it all since there are many signs that show us, which is the true religion and with the brain that God gave us, we are able to think deeply about all the signs.

Reason does not only relief one, but also helps that person be sure about what he is believing. Being able to differentiate between reason and faith helps one build a belief system, which that person agrees to. Reason and faith come together since when one believes in something, that person would believe it until the subconscious had already developed a reason to believe in that thing. As reason increases, faith increases as well.

To conclude, I think that religion has the most significant impact on the paths of our lives. It does not only shape the way we live, but also the way we are and how we interact with other people. Religion is the best way to know what is best for one. Moreover, religion is based on both faith and reason. It is because we have faith that reason develops accordingly or vice versa. Finally, every single person may have a belief system, which is faith. However, reason is the best way to be able to defend what one is believing.