A note on apologia and conviction
Puritan divine Thomas Shepard (1604-1649), describing his youthful struggles with skepticism, observed that
strength of reason would commonly convince my understanding that there was a God, but I felt it utterly insufficient to perswade my will of it unlesse it was by fits.
Ha! Those Puritan divines.
Right now I’m reading Kung’s Does God Exist? that I found in a charity shop. I haven’t skipped to the last page yet to find the answer.
Comment by Ronan — August 26, 2007 @ 1:29 pm
Ronan, I peeked at the end. The Devil did it.
Comment by Costanza — August 26, 2007 @ 2:26 pm
Costanza,
Damn. I was hoping Dr. Küng was going to demonstrate that the devil was God.
Comment by Ronan — August 26, 2007 @ 3:57 pm
I thought it had something to do with fish. Did I read the revised edition?
Comment by Sam MB — August 26, 2007 @ 4:35 pm
So he found it harder to exercise faith than to believe? I can relate to that.
Comment by Ray — August 26, 2007 @ 4:50 pm