#62

Faith and reason are often confused to be similar concepts. This is not the case. Faith and reason both stand on their own two metaphorical feet. Faith and reason may be two separate concepts, but that does not mean that they do not work together; for they surely do. To be frank, reason is the "why" behind an occurrence. What made something occur. When something is "reasonable" it essentially "makes sense". Our brain can understand it.

On the other hand, faith involves other elements completely. Faith requires trust. For faith to exist there must be some degree of uncertainty. It is quiet possible that the greater the uncertainty, the greater the faith. Faith involves many things that are intangible. By that, I mean out of the grasp of your hands. This is often referred to as the "unseen". 

These two concepts work together in the human mind. Do we have reason to have faith? Do we have faith in our reason? The answer to both of these questions is YES. The reasoning behind faith is that we are limited to a specific time span. So we must have faith that the history that we are using to understand the present is correct and legit. We must have faith in the others around us that we depend on, because we can not do everything. For example, we must have faith that the construction workers that build our high hanging over passes have built them in such a way that we can drive over them safely. So when you do anything in life, whether you know it or not, you are exhibiting faith, faith in your fellow man or woman.

We must rely on reason to manage the physical world that we are subjected to in our everyday lives. We must trust that their are at least some basic orders and rules to the world we live in that we can use to command the world around us.

These two concepts play together well, to give us hope that our lives have a deeper meaning.