there is "blind faith" why isn't there "blind reason" or "blind logic"?
also, if love is blind, doesn't that lend credibilty to the fact that "faith" isn't about facts, it's about emotions?
tuberoot, very little "faith" is required for me to function on a daily basis...
some "trust" but very little faith...
iit, it doesn't, i've never heard of "stupid logic"
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If I am physically blind, and you tell me "Don't step there, there's a big hole." I'll believe you. But I can question this by trying to find the hole with my cane, allowing me to actually "see" the hole.
If I am blind with faith, and you tell me "Believe in God, or you'll go to Hell." I'll believe you. But if I question it and go poking around for the truth, I'll find it.
sweetmelba
People tend to apply "blind" to the terms love and faith with the misunderstanding that either has to be based exclusively on some emotional response. Interestingly, the Bible does not describe love or faith as being "blind". For example, 1Cor13: 4-8 gives a entire description of love that leaves no room for blind emotion, but rather is full of rational actions that demonstrate love. Similarly, faith is not a blind guide, but according to Heb 11:1 " Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld". So a person having true faith would base his 'assured expectation ' on the ' evident demonstration of realities' that lead him to believe in its future fulfillment. For example, a God-fearing person could logically believe in the fulfillment of future prophecies, based on the fact that past prophecies have been fulfilled.
Conversely, reason and logic can be blind if not tempered with love and faith in God. Both reason and logic are not based on the emotional, so many don't think of these qualities as blind. Yet, reason and logic by themselves tend to lead a person to believe only what is seen with his own eyes. For example, a person rationalizes from the fact that he cannot see God, and comes to the hasty conclusion that there must not be a God that exists. Or a person may reject anything that cannot be scientifically proven. That leaves a void for the vast amounts of answers that cannot be satisfied with a scientific explanation.
Uncle Thesis
You're mentionning common expressions.
The fact its common does not mean its to be accepted.
Blind faith has been so common, some think that's the only kind of faith there is.
Hebrews 11:1 gives the proper definition of faith and it has nothing to to with blindness.
BTW Blind love is dangerous love.
NAUGRIM_Giant
If I were a believer, blind faith, to me, would be a compliment.
It stresses the concept that something with no tangible, physical evidence can be believed in to such a degree.
blind reason and logic would simply not exist
Anonymous
Because the very definition of faith is "strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof". If you don't have proof, to think that something is true is a blind proposition. Emotion has the tendency to override reason in those that harbor it.