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Originally Posted by the_jason
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." -- Hebrews 11:1
"And now as I said concerning faith—faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true." --Alma 32:21
Faith, in my mind, is more important for one to obtain than is knowledge. If we have knowledge of things, there is no room left for progression. We become stagnant and begin to fall away. There's nothing left to aspire to.
Faith, however, requires a constant search for truth and knowledge, but never fully obtaining it. It allows spiritual progression and the ability to get closer to our Heavenly Father.
Not only that, but it's impossible to gain a perfect knowledge in this life. There are many things Father has not revealed to us and will not reveal to us until we have been faithful and endured to the end. Only those who've obeyed God's commandments to the best of their ability and received the required ordinances will know these mysteries.
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I'm sorry, but I fundamentally disagree with that. Faith doesn't require a constant search for truth and knowledge, faith precludes it. Once you put your faith into something, you need not search any further or explore other possibilities as you've already decided what the truth is. The computer you typed your post on was not created through faith, it was made possible by the pursuit of knowledge. I contend that it is faith that makes us stagnant, not knowledge.