Faith includes intelligence...

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maxwel

maxwel

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SoulWeaver said:
It would seem like having faith depend upon the intellect would not be very fair to less bookish people, or people with developmental problems (a lot of them are some of the most innocent people there are in the world). The ability to reason is remnant of the former glory of man before the fall. Unfortunately, the enemy is now able to dabble with the mind, so that is why there are so many surprisingly intelligent people believing all kinds of craziness. If a man sets his heart on believing something, his brain is his effective slave that is helping him argue like the devil's advocate, to justify his heart. Even if he may be deceived in his bias to "imagine" that he wants "the truth". That's why you have a Christian brilliantly arguing a perfectly reasonable point, but this never makes the people who hate God change their minds.
2 Timothy 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Most apostles were completely unlearned people. Apostle Paul had scholarly background, but he was very careful that his book knowledge does not swell up or take place of the knowledge of God and he magnified "the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ" at all times. After all it was Jesus who spoke like one who had power and authority, and that's why people listened to Him and not to the Pharisee scholars. Because they learned from books, but Jesus had first hand connection with Father God and walked in the power.
1 Corinthians 4:19 ...and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
1 Corinthians 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
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Soulweaver,
I completely agree that faith has nothing to do with the degree of anyone's intellect... or anyone below Einstein would be left out of the kingdom.
:)

I think what the OP was really trying to say was that faith is "rational", or "sensible."
Meaning, it is not divorced from our normal senses of cognition.
God created all of us as rational beings... that's part of being "in the image of God."

Example:
When I first "encountered God"... it was both emotional AND very rational.
I felt his presence, and I also KNEW I was feeling his presence.
I was RATIONALLY AWARE that I was encountering God, just as much as I was emotionally overwhelmed.

God Bless.
 
SoulWeaver

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You are right. I guess I missed her point. I sincerely apologize.
God's intelligence and wisdom is seen in everything He made all around us and it resonates within us. Sometimes I wonder how could I be so blinded.
 
maxwel

maxwel

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SoulWeaver said:
You are right. I guess I missed her point. I sincerely apologize.
God's intelligence and wisdom is seen in everything He made all around us and it resonates within us. Sometimes I wonder how could I be so blinded.
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You made very good points.

Nothing to apologize for.
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