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  2. Faith and rationality - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Aquinas was the first to write a full treatment of the relationship, differences, and similarities between faith, which he calls "an intellectual assent", [5] and reason. [6] Dei Filius was a dogmatic constitution of the First Vatican Council on the Roman Catholic faith. It was adopted unanimously on 24 April 1870.

  3. Rationalization (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    People rationalize for various reasons—sometimes when we think we know ourselves better than we do. Rationalization may differentiate the original deterministic explanation of the behavior or feeling in question. [3] [4] [failed verification]

  4. Psychology of religion - Wikipedia

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    Self-directed, in which people do not rely on God and try exclusively to solve problems by their own efforts. He also describes four major stances toward religion that have been adopted by psychotherapists in their work with clients, which he calls the religiously rejectionist , exclusivist , constructivist , and pluralist stances.

  5. Self-justification - Wikipedia

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    If people have too much external justification for their actions, cognitive dissonance does not occur, and thus, attitude change is unlikely to occur. On the other hand, when people cannot find external justification for their behavior, they must attempt to find internal justification—they reduce dissonance by changing their attitudes or behaviors.

  6. Justification (theology) - Wikipedia

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    People are not justified apart from their knowledge or against their will...God forgives and accepts sinners as they are into the divine fellowship, and that these sinners are in fact changed by their trust in the divine mercy." [80] Justification, the establishment of a relationship with God through Christ, and sanctification go hand in hand.

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    "To reduce this discomfort, they may rationalize their continued trust in the brand by downplaying the misleading behavior or convincing themselves it was a one-time occurrence," she added. #4 ...

  8. Religiosity and intelligence - Wikipedia

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    In their first study they found that ability EI was positively correlated with general level of belief in God or a higher power. Their next study, conducted among Polish Christians, replicated the previous result and revealed that both trait and ability EI were negatively related to extrinsic religious orientation and negative religious coping.

  9. Rationality - Wikipedia

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    Firstly, there is the concept of instrumentality—basically the idea that people and organisations are instrumentally rational—that is, adopt the best actions to achieve their goals. Secondly, there is an axiomatic concept that rationality is a matter of being logically consistent within your preferences and beliefs.