The paradox of faith is that it demands a commitment to the impossible from "summary" of Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard
The paradox of faith lies in its demand for the commitment to what appears to be impossible. This demand is not a mere suggestion or a casual invitation; it is a requirement that challenges the very limits of human understanding. Faith calls upon individuals to believe in something that goes against reason, against the evidence of their senses, against all that they know to be true. It asks them to embrace a reality that seems incomprehensible, to trust in a promise that seems utterly unattainable. This demand for commitment to the impossible is not something that can be taken lightly. It is not a matter of simply believing in something for the sake of believing; it is a matter of staking everything on that belief, of placing one's entire existence on the line for the sake of something that may never come to pass. It is a radical act of trust, a leap into the unknown, a willingness to surrender all that one holds dear in the hope of attaining something that is beyond all earthly measure. In this paradox of faith, there is a tension between what is and what could be, between the finite and the infinite, between t...
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