God commands it, so I do it. God commands it, so I do it, and I do not wonder or reason or think about it, with blind faith. God commands it, so I do it without thinking because it means I have more confidence in us, Lillian Quigley, The Blind Men and the Elephant New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. Possible original sources for the story are the Jataka Tales, a collection of Buddhist birth stories, and the Pancatantra stories, fables of Hindu religious instruction.↩ William Graham Sumner, Folkways Chicago: Ginn and Company, 1906, This story gives the impression that God was rewarding and complimenting Abraham for his blind faith, and as Abraham is one of the models given to us to follow, it would seem that blind faith is the ideal; First, blind faith is never discussed in the Bible. Christians are not asked to believe or trust without any proof. D. Advances in Informed Faith The Christian faith is a religion based on substance and evidence, given by a God who communicates, so that a person can trust God with informed faith. Albert Einstein's e, Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind, summarizes the intertwined nature of science and religion and highlights their complementary roles in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding . At first glance, this may seem contradictory, especially to those who perceive science and, Click here to listen to more from Joseph Habedank: https: ffm.to jh ciscSong: Religion Isn't WorkingSongwriters: Joseph Habedank, Michael Farren, Jesse Reev. Science and religion represent two worldviews. While some argue that these views may be complementary, others view them as mutually exclusive. Science appeals to the human intellectual desire to know more about the world we find ourselves in, while religion appeals to the emotional desire to alleviate uncertainty, unhappiness, the ABSTRACT. Regardless of the model used to identify the relationship between science and religion – conflict, independence, dialogue, integration – insufficient attention has been paid to how evidence is processed in each field. While religious claims are based on experiential evidence, scientific claims are based on experimental evidence.