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FAITH AND REASON 2

Faith and Reason

Based on using the conflict model, there are the extremes people encounter when people

reject the balance connecting faith to reason. According to Pritchard (2017), when conflict model

is applied, there are major extremes that arise to separate faith and rationality. The first extreme

is prejudice. Prejudice leads to those who support faith and reason can co-exist to despise those

who support faith, and reason cannot co-exist. Also, vice versa happens. One way it happens is

when religious fundamentalists despise the scientific naturalists due to their use of science to

downplay religious beliefs. Coyne (2016) argues that scientific naturalists may despise the

religious fundamentalists who indoctrinate believers to avoid the scientific methods that are of

use to them, such as those that foster health and wellbeing. For example, Catholics do not

practice family planning using contraceptives. Consequently, when medical scientists advocate

the use of contraceptives, there is a rivalry that brings about conflict and hatred between the

staunch Catholics and medical scientists who advocate the artificial family planning. Another

extreme that may come about is intolerance. When intolerance happens, some get persecuted for

their refusal to conform to the co-relation between faith and reason. According to Kinnaman &

Lyons (2016), it takes little time for intolerance to bring about persecution, especially where

religious beliefs are considered immune to any critique based on reasoning. For instance, atheists

who use lack of evidence entailing the existence of God may confront the religious beliefs of

Christians and as a result, they end up getting excommunicated in communities where people are

pro-Christians. It may lead to limited access to social amenities that are owned by Christians. As

a result, an atheist may be ousted from the community as a mode of punishment for questioning

the authority of God. Therefore, discrimination may come about where a certain religion has its

members forcing others to accept their beliefs.

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Running Head: FAITH AND REASON 1 Faith and Reason Student Name Institutional Affiliation FAITH AND REASON 2 Faith and Reason Based on using the conflict model, there are the extremes people encounter when people reject the balance connecting faith to reason. According to Pritchard (2017), when conflict model is applied, there are major extremes that arise to separate faith and rationality. The first extreme is prejudice. Prejudice leads to those who support faith and reason can co-exist to despise those who support faith, and reason cannot co-exist. Also, vice versa happens. One way it happens is when religious fundamentalists despise the scientific naturalists due to their use of science to downplay religious beliefs. Coyne (2016) argues that scientific naturalists may despise the religious fundamentalists who indoctrinate believers to avoid the scientific methods that are of use ...
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