Reason can never prove the existence of God.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Reason has limits and cannot definitively prove theological claims.
- In plain terms
- Logic cannot prove God exists.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept limits of rational proof.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What lies beyond reason's reach?
Another view
It may ignore experiential claims of divinity.
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