Vayera — The Contradictions of Faith and Reason

<p>I&rsquo;d like to start with two quotes from famous American authors. The first is from Ralph Waldo Emerson, &ldquo;A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.&rdquo; The second from Walt Whitman, &ldquo;Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.)&rdquo;</p> <p>As some of you know, I consider myself a rationalist. I like for things to make sense and to follow a rational progression. If A, then B; and so on. I believe that reason is one of our greatest tools for understanding our world. But as a rationalist, I must be reasonable and admit that reason has its limits. Life and the universe very often don&rsquo;t seem to make rational sense. And despite the claims of the Greek philosophers, it&rsquo;s dubious to claim that human beings are rational animals.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@thompsonwd3/vayera-the-contradictions-of-faith-and-reason-ae1f20b3b543"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>
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