A_Matter_of_Faith_or_Reason

A Matter of Faith or Reason Whether one believes in God or not, a person must have a reason for his or her belief. There must be a rationale, in some form, that supports the belief or thought process which the individual has. For example, philosopher John Searle does not believe in God, arguing there is not enough available evidence about how the world works to justify such a belief. He does not believe in the supernatural either, but holds that there is, among intellectuals of the world today who have become so secularized, a sense where the existence of God or the supernatural would not matter as much as it would have a century ago. He presents a logic as to why he does not believe in God. Plato, on the other hand, presents his reasoning for believing in God and/or the supernatural through Socrates discussion with a religious fanatic shortly before his trial in the "Euthyphro." Euthyphro is a young, zealously pious man determined to bring a lawsuit against his own father over the death of one of their servants. When Socrates questions the propriety of proceeding against one's father, rebukes him, asserting that the only relevant question is whether the killer has acted justly. concedes that most people will regard prosecution of one's father on behalf of a god, faith, belief, reason, whether, person, one, about, gods, question, issue, own, one's, humanity, euthyphro, another, socrates, searle, must, individual, father, fact, existence, evidence, enough, determined, between, before, based, world, works, upon, universe, theology, suppose, supernatural, statement, sense, sees, say, said, religious, reasons, reasoning, questions, presumption, presents, plainly,