Which one is it?

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Does religion speak mostly to the mind or to the heart?
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2096 Adoration is the first act of the virtue of religion. To adore God is to acknowledge him as God, as the Creator and Savior, the Lord and Master of everything that exists, as infinite and merciful Love. “You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve,” says Jesus, citing Deuteronomy .13

2562 Where does prayer come from? Whether prayer is expressed in words or gestures, it is the whole man who prays. But in naming the source of prayer, Scripture speaks sometimes of the soul or the spirit, but most often of the heart (more than a thousand times). According to Scripture, it is the heart that prays. If our heart is far from God, the words of prayer are in vain.
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Lex orandi, lex credendi.

Our prayer informs our belief. What we know of religion comes from our practice of it.

This does not mean that belief is unreasonable, quite the contrary. But all faith, all belief, all understanding, comes from God reaching out to us with knowledge, free will, and grace.

I am the way and the truth and the life, says the Lord Jesus,
Deacon Christopher
 
I think, to a certain extent if not a large extent, that depends on the individual.

Any survey of people will show that some are “heart” people’ others are “head” people. That does not mean that a person on one side of the other does not have some of both, but in my experience, one or the other dominates in that individual. That domination does not necessarily imply that the stronger aspect suppresses the other, but more that it leads, and may lead in better than half, often far better than half, of the given individual’s disposition and reactions.
 
Both. The human being is an integrated whole. Divisions like mind and heart are merely models that we conceive to try to understand human behavior.
 
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@Beryllos, I’d give two likes to your answer if I were permitted.

Having studied philosophy at uni I understand the distinction, but I agree wholeheartedly and intellectually with you.
 
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The mind thinks. The heart pumps blood. Theo-(meaning dealing with dieties.) And logy (dealing with logic and reason) so theology is the study of the religious using logic and reason.
 
I would say it speaks to the heart. A religion doesn’t get 1 billion followers unless it’s effective in that respect.

It’s the fact that a religion presents itself effectively as the ontological explanation to the human condition that makes it so powerful. Religion gets to the heart of the matter.

But you need a mind to understand it.
 
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