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What does it mean?
Faith must destroy reason and senses to know God's word.
In plain terms
Faith needs to blind reason to understand God.
What can you take from it?
Faith requires rejecting reason completely.

Where it applies

  • spiritual crises
  • religious devotion
  • theological study

Putting it to work

  • separate faith from logic
  • embrace blind trust

Questions to consider

  • Must faith reject reason?
  • What remains if reason is gone?

Another view

Extremely extreme and dangerous if followed literally.

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