Faith should be considered more certain because mans reasoning could be flawed, completely
incorrect, limited by time, sin, intelligence, or knowledge. Faith can be described as belief in
something being true, while reason can be described as belief that something is true. An
analogy could be drawn in a person stepping onto a frozen pond. A person could believe that
the ice is thick enought to support their weight and have measured the thickness of the ice so
they know it will not break, but until they step onto the ice they have not put their faith in the
ice not breaking. After having determined that special revelation is actually true a person must
still willfully choose to trust God in order to have faith in Him. I can have evidence of my wife’s
love for me but scientific evidence in the natural world cannot prove that her love exists. I can
only have faith that it does exist because she is the authority on her love and she has told me
that she does love me.
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