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In the discussion Philosophy: Christian answer the following:
How do some Christians use Colossians 2:8 to support their belief that faith does not need to be defended on philosophical grounds? What is wrong with this interpretation?
Because that due to misinterpretation of this verse in the Bible, people think that God is not wanting us to meddle in such a vain and deceitful discipline as philosophy. This is wrong because most people leave out its ending, in which Paul describes the kind of philosophy he is warning against––philosophy “which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.” The Bible does not ask us to abandon reason in order to accept its truth, “Come now,” records Isaiah, “and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow” (Isaiah 1:18).
What led former atheist C.E.M. Joad to embrace the Christian view of the universe?
It is because when he finally was led to conclude that, “It is because… the religious view of the universe seems to me to cover more of the facts of experiences than any other that I have been gradually led to embrace it.”
What does "faith precedes reason" mean? How does Edward T. Ramsdell explain this idea?
Because faith correctly viewed is that illumination by which true rationality begins, in other words, every worldview begins with a basic assumption about the nature of reality that cannot be proven by using the scientific method or logical deduction. Edward T. Ramsdell explains it through his writing which explains that, “The natural man is no less certainly a man of faith than the spiritual, but his faith is in the ultimately of something other than the Word of God. The spiritual man is no less certainly a man of reason than the natural, but his reason, like that of every man, functions within the perspective of his faith.”
What is Christianity's basis for special revelation?
It is based on history, the law of evidence,
How do some Christians use Colossians 2:8 to support their belief that faith does not need to be defended on philosophical grounds? What is wrong with this interpretation?
Because that due to misinterpretation of this verse in the Bible, people think that God is not wanting us to meddle in such a vain and deceitful discipline as philosophy. This is wrong because most people leave out its ending, in which Paul describes the kind of philosophy he is warning against––philosophy “which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.” The Bible does not ask us to abandon reason in order to accept its truth, “Come now,” records Isaiah, “and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow” (Isaiah 1:18).
What led former atheist C.E.M. Joad to embrace the Christian view of the universe?
It is because when he finally was led to conclude that, “It is because… the religious view of the universe seems to me to cover more of the facts of experiences than any other that I have been gradually led to embrace it.”
What does "faith precedes reason" mean? How does Edward T. Ramsdell explain this idea?
Because faith correctly viewed is that illumination by which true rationality begins, in other words, every worldview begins with a basic assumption about the nature of reality that cannot be proven by using the scientific method or logical deduction. Edward T. Ramsdell explains it through his writing which explains that, “The natural man is no less certainly a man of faith than the spiritual, but his faith is in the ultimately of something other than the Word of God. The spiritual man is no less certainly a man of reason than the natural, but his reason, like that of every man, functions within the perspective of his faith.”
What is Christianity's basis for special revelation?
It is based on history, the law of evidence,