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Some people say that religious beliefs can be neither justified nor refuted by reason. However, while sometimes this claim is used as a reason for rejecting religious beliefs
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Moscow Economic School Theory of Knowledge Topic #7 Some people say that religious beliefs can be neither justified nor refuted by reason. However, while sometimes this claim is used as a reason for rejecting religious beliefs, at other times it is used to conclude that these beliefs are established by faith. To what extent is faith a legitimate basis for knowledge claims, in religion and different Areas of Knowledge? Michael Rodzianko 000904-005 May 2006 The fact that religious beliefs cannot be justified or refuted by reason is used as both an argument against religious beliefs, and proof that religion is based on faith. These two arguments may seem mutually exclusive, found at opposite ends of the spectrum; however, this in fact truly depends purely upon the definition of faith. If faith is considered a scientific and established truth for a person there is a conflict between the...
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