Keegan Ruddy
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The Idea of the Holy
In Rudolf Otto's, The Idea of the Holy, Otto discusses Christianity as superior to its sister religions in its balance of rationalism and non-rationalism. Christianity as a whole uses reason and logic to prove many of its belief, but as Dr. Strehle usually puts it "it all comes down to what you want to believe" and that is the beauty of Christianity. Christians, Otto thinks, have faith that is built on something much deeper than rationalism. Bordering mystical really, but not there because there is rational thought in Christian theology, a lot of it. Christianity is when looked at without bias has a lot of the great thinkers of history supporting its beliefs. St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Anselm, St. Augustine, and many others. These men of faith used logic and reason to prove the validity of their faith in a time when philosophers were trying to attack the Christian Church. Otto's point is heard that a large part of Christian faith is just that, faith. One must really decide on what they believe, but there is validation in the Christian beliefs thanks to the great thinkers of the Church.
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