Religious belief and rational scrutiny

"In more sober Scots terms, Hume makes a similar case to the more passionate, romantic one put forward by Kierkegaard a century later, in which faith is seen as a leap beyond reason, undertaken in fear and trembling. To assert the primacy of faith over reason is not something to be done glibly to get over rational difficulties."

Response to comments to Hume on Belief series of blogs at Comment is Free Belief