Soren Kierkegaard Leap Of Faith

The Leap of Faith In his book, Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Soren Kierkegaard talks about the difference between subjective and objective truth. When talking about subjective truth, he compares it to taking a “leap of faith”. This means that you will believe something no matter what, and you don’t need any evidence to back it up. He later connects the “leap of faith” to religion. “Through the “leap of faith,” in which one affirms the proposition that God did exist in time, one is able to enter into a “God-relationship,” and thereby attains “an eternal happiness” (Schacht, 308). I’ll be addressing the question: Should you take “the leap of faith” when it comes to religion? Soren Kierkegaard is one of the philosophers that addresses

What then? Has the enemy abolished Christianity” (Landesman, 260)?

In this situation, the enemy that is addressed is an atheist, and they have found evidence against the validity of the Bible. So does this abolish Christianity? Absolutely not. The evidence that they found would not influence a true believer in Christianity. When a person has faith, no amount of evidence can change that faith. “Without risk there is no faith” (Landesman, 267). Having faith in religion is a risk, but it is a risk worth

Descartes' Ontological argument uses a series of steps and deductive reasoning to roughly prove that God does exist. It is not a very convincing argument if you look at the facts objectively, but if you look at the argument subjectively it is very convincing. He first makes the point that God is a supremely perfect being. This means that God is perfect in all ways. Then he makes the point that existence is a perfection. In order to exist you have at least one perfection, which is that you exist. So to lack existence would be to lack perfection. Therefore God would have to exist because his is a supremely perfect being. This argument helps to reinforce a person’s faith, and gives yet another reason to take the “leap of faith” when it comes to religion.

Taking the “leap of faith” is an enormous choice. Soren Kierkegaard talks about how to do it. He differentiates between subjective truth and objective truth and explains which one is better for faith. Faith and objective truth don’t coincide, so you must choose one or the other. Blaise Pascal talks about the possible benefits and consequences of taking the “leap of faith” and the possible benefits and consequences of not taking it. And Descartes helps to reinforce the faith of believers by providing a subjective argument that God does exist. In the end, the “leap of faith” is a risk worth