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An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason.

— Jon Meacham

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✓Similar Perspectives

We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.

— William Griffith Wilson

Too often today, we do not rely on faith so much as on our own ability to reason and solve problems.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives.

— Armstrong Williams

I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith.

— Peter Garrett

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

If you desire faith, then you have faith enough.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Such a faith would be fatal to my reason, to my liberty, and even to the success of my undertakings; it would immediately transform me into a stupid slave, an instrument of the will and interests of others.

— Mikhail Bakunin

The paradox of faith is that when we conform our lives to Christ then we gain our true freedom. And its fruit is profound and lasting happiness.

— Vincent Nichols

Faith is not trying to believe something regardless of the evidence. Faith is daring to do something regardless of the consequences.

— Sherwood Eddy

✗Opposing Perspectives

The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.

— Ron Suskind