Rick Santorum was on the radio this morning talking about how he uses both reason and faith to make decisions. Apparently that sounds good to some people, but I’m not one of them. So I looked up the definitions to see if using those two avenues to tackle a problem were as incompatible as I thought. Here’s an excerpt of the definitions from the Merriam Webster online dictionary.
Reason: a sufficient ground of explanation or of logical defense;
especially: something (as a principle or law) that supports a conclusion or explains a fact <the reasons behind her client’s action>.
Faith: firm belief in something for which there is no proof; complete trust.
I was a little disappointed that the definition of reason didn’t include more about evidence. Maybe it’s implicit in the wording about a principle or law. However, following the definition for reason to make decisions is still a world apart from following the definition of faith. With faith I can believe what I want without proof. Yea, that’s who I want running the country…and potentially starting a war with Iran.
Here’s a link to an article about it from the Catholic News Agency:
For Santorum, faith and reason are benchmarks for politics
