Smarts vs. faith

Smarts vs. faith

01.30.05 (9:39 pm)   [edit]

I am taking a very thought-provoking class that is stretching my mind. It is Media and a Christian worldview or something like that (long title = hard to remember). But the class basically teaches us how journalistic ethics and Christianity can coincide. I believe they can quite nicely.
I do not feel that belief in God means we must abandon our reason and intellect. This quote sums up the feeling:

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
- Galileo Galilei

Here I am quoting people again! But really, what a great quote. I have always struggled with faith and my brain. For many years I simply relied upon faith, but when it came to apologetics, I could never answer a question about Christ. However, I think I pointed many people toward Christ with unswerving faith.
After awhile, though, my intellect had to catch up with my faith. You see, my mom is faith-based and my dad is intellect-based. Sometimes they switch, they have for years at a time. But always they are polar opposites. That is probably why I appreciate that my bf and I have differing perspectives sometimes. It helps me see the other side.
Anyways, I digress. Faith and brainpower can go together.