Faith & Logic: Faith Isn’t a Blindfold – Part 1

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Faith & Logic: Faith Isn’t a Blindfold – Part 1

Faith & Logic: If God Exists, He Must Be the Pinnacle of Logic – Part 2

Faith & Logic: Why Skeptics Can’t Dismiss the Question of God – Part 3

Faith & Logic: How Doubt Deepens Authentic Faith – Part 4

This is Part 1 of the ‘Faith and Logic’ series: a blunt exploration of how real faith begins—not where reason ends, but where it finally finds its foundation.

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If you’re someone who doubts faith because you’re intellectually driven—good.

You should question. You should demand coherence. You should expect the truth to make sense.

That’s why Christianity still stands—because at its core is a God who doesn’t fear your questions.He invented the tools you use to ask them.

Faith isn’t the absence of thought—it’s the fulfillment of it.

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The Lie We’ve Been Sold

There’s a myth in our culture—one so subtle, it’s shaped how millions view faith without ever questioning it:

To believe in God, you have to suspend your intelligence.
You have to ignore evidence, reject logic, and close your eyes to reality.
Faith, we’re told, is for the naïve. The desperate. The uninformed.

But what if that’s a lie?
What if faith, real faith, is not about abandoning reason—but following it to its ultimate conclusion?

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God Isn’t Afraid of Your Questions

In Isaiah 1:18, God invites His people with a shocking phrase:

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the Lord.

Reason. Not retreat.
This is not a deity trembling under scrutiny, hoping you won’t dig too deep.
This is a God who welcomes investigation, invites logic, and rewards the pursuit of wisdom.

In fact, Proverbs 9:10 says:

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.”

Biblically speaking, true intelligence begins with God, not apart from Him.

If God Is Real, Logic Should Lead to Him

Let’s frame it clearly:
If God is real—if He exists, created the universe, and is the source of all truth and reason—then He is not in competition with logic. He is its origin.

But here’s where the modern world got it wrong.

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The “God of the Gaps” Trap

There’s a lie that started centuries ago and still poisons how many view faith today. It’s the idea that God only exists in the gaps of our understanding.

Couldn’t explain lightning? Must be God.
Didn’t understand disease? Must be demons.
No idea what held planets in orbit? Must be angels pushing them.

But science progressed—and the gaps got smaller.
So we pushed God out.
And now many believe that the more we understand, the less we need God.

But that’s not enlightened understanding. That’s bad logic.

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A Better View: Glorify the Gaps—and the Gears

God isn’t just the explanation for what we don’t know.
He’s the Author of what we do.

The more we understand about the laws of nature, physics, chemistry, genetics, and the structure of the cosmos—
the more intricate, beautiful, and intelligent creation reveals itself to be.

It’s not evidence against God.
It’s evidence of His brilliance.

Dr. Francis Collins, geneticist and former director of the Human Genome Project:

“The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome. He can be worshipped in the cathedral or in the laboratory.”

Science doesn’t eliminate the need for God.
Science—real science—reveals a universe so fine-tuned, so intricately balanced, so complex and intelligible that it cries out for a Mind behind it.

As Psalm 19:1 says:

“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”

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Let’s Reclaim the Conversation

Faith isn’t about filling gaps with lazy explanations.
It’s about recognizing that even what we do understand is built on foundations we didn’t create and can’t explain away.

As we keep learning, keep discovering, and keep unfolding the intricacies of creation, our response shouldn’t be to shrink God— but to magnify Him.

So we challenge both ourselves and God as we journey forward in understanding—asking whether our belief satisfies the demands of logic or simply calms our needs and fears.

On this side of eternity, absolute certainty may remain out of reach—but neither faith nor confidence ever demanded it.

What we may discover instead is a truth that speaks to both our doubts and desires—not by suspending logic, but by using it as the God-given tool it was meant to be, grounding our faith and deepening our knowledge of the One who made us.

Next:

Faith & Logic: If God Exists, He Must Be the Pinnacle of Logic – Part 2