Faith and reason are not in conflict with each other. Even in science, one must make assumptions that cannot be proven correct. This can be compared to believing, although atheists do not like to use that word. If one arrives at conclusions from materialistic premises that are claimed to prove the premises correct, it is circular reasoning. Natural science cannot say anything about supernatural things because it does not even study them. It is often claimed that the increase in scientific knowledge has made faith unnecessary. This is not true, as every new scientific discovery generates new and increasingly difficult questions. If there were a so-called 'god of the gaps,' science would have continuously created more space for him as it developed, but the True God does not agree to live in the niches reserved for him by humans. Humans have the freedom to move away from God, but at the same time, they step further away from reality and truth. Reality is in God. He created it. Faith is sanity.

Harri Kuisti is a Finnish writer who wants to combine faith and intellect in his life.