Logic VS Faith

In case you haven't noticed yet, I'm a Christian. I have a very personal relationship with Jesus. It isn't a Sunday morning thing where I get a biscuit and a cup of tea, or a Christmas thing, or an Easter thing. It's a day-to-day walking with my best friend.

Obviously, this takes considerable faith. I am most definitely a person with faith. I have faith in my friend, my saviour, that he will always be there for me. I have faith he exists. I have faith he knows what's best for me and that he wants that too.

But, for a person filled with so much faith, you'd be surprised how much I base my life on logic.

If you have ever thought about it, you will realise people think in different ways - another way in which people are unique. Everyone thinks slightly differently, probably a mixture of nature and nurture, but a very famous personality questionnaire called the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator gives you one very good idea of how it works.

Basically, there are sixteen personality types, and each of them has been given a different name. You can be an INTJ, or an ESFP, or anything in between (not that there's an inbetween exactly). For more information, I'd suggest googling it, or perhaps even taking the test (type 'myers-briggs test jung' for a free, reliable scoring), as I'm supposed to be making a point here.

My point, however, is that I took this test. I'm actually slightly between two different personalities - the INTP and the INTJ. Long story. But these two personalities are known to be very logical, analytical personalities. INTJ's are called 'The Scientists' and INTP's are called 'The Thinkers'.

I base most of my decisions on science, when that fails me, logic, and when that fails me, rational thought. There is a difference. I will go into why science isn't always logical another time.

But to finally reach my original point - there is no versus. Or, at least, there doesn't have to be. You don't have to choose. I live a life with faith and logic, and I have to say I think I've turned out pretty well. I'm not perfect, but I know how to think for myself, I know how to hope, I know how to trust, and I have a God whom I love.

Logic is not faith's enemy. Science is not faith's enemy (read my blog on 'Creationism Is Not A Science' where I show why I disagree with that viewpoint). Faith is believing in something. Logic is based on a world around me. I can rationally decide to put my hope in something, because logic itself does not cancel out a God. But that is another argument for another time.

Comment if you agree, disagree, or are just plain confused...