Now that we’ve looked at the external benefits of being reasonable, we must explore why it is important internally for one’s spiritual development. For this, I’m going to start with a bold claim – one which would not be controversial were it not for translation problems and for the divide that modernism has constructed between
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In my last post, I promised that I would be discussing why what I’ve said so far matters. After all, the Bible never uses the phrases “disconfirmation bias” or “intellectual dishonesty” or “engaging the opposition.” The number of times the word “reason” is used in the NIV – at least in this context – can
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In my last post, I discussed disconfirmation bias and how it leads to intellectual dishonesty and cognitive dissonance for Christians who do not truly engage criticism of their beliefs. This post, I want to flesh out some thoughts on what “engaging the opposition” really means. It wouldn’t do to critique the way people resolve (or
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One of my favorite passages from C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity is his first chapter on Faith, which has gotten me through many of my doubting periods. One of my favorite parts of the passage is Lewis’ deference to reason: Obviously, I used to say, a sane man accepts or rejects any statement, not because he
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