A sufficient reason for that error is evident, viz., lack of data,
and the fact that men followed their senses, which seemed to say that
the earth was flat.
That was not a judgment of the pure reason. The
senses supplied no immediate manifestations that there might be a God as
they indicated that the world might be flat.
The cases are not
parallel, and the transition from a judgment based upon the senses to
one based upon pure reason is not valid. In any case, the scientific and
metaphysical proofs justify belief in God quite independently of this
psychological reason. They would be valid supposing that only one man in
a million believed in God's existence. This latter supposition,
however, will never be verified, for the common rational judgment of the
vast majority will always intuitively perceive this truth.
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Apologetics: 4. You talk of universal persuasion. Men used to believe that the world was flat!
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