[lbo-talk] Re: God and Reason

Turbulo at aol.com Turbulo at aol.com
Tue Nov 9 18:35:57 PST 2004


In a message dated 11/8/04 8:56:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org writes:


> That's not quite right. The common Catholic teaching, at least for the
> better part of the last millennium, has been that the truths about the
> world, ethical and philosophical, that are available to reason include the
> existence of God. But faith -- that is, trust that God has spoken to
> humanity -- could not be established by reason or any other exercise: it's
> a gift of God. Catholics indeed contend that their faith is a choice, but
> not that it's unreasonable -- just unable to be proved by reason. It's
> rather like choosing to trust someone, which can rarely be proved. --CGE
>
>

I seem to remember that Thomas Acquinas held that, although the existence of god can be demonstrated by reason, other parts of the doctrine--the Trinity, the Incarnation and the Last Judgment--can't. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <../attachments/20041109/dcf2f03b/attachment.htm>



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