Posted by Teresita on January 25, 19101 at 13:34:05:
In Reply to: Re: Christ OS: natural and supernatural: Second Law? posted by Ivan on January 25, 19101 at 13:12:50:
Fides wrote:
Even the Catholic Church, which teaches natural theology and man's ability to know God by simply "looking around", so to speak, acknowledges that Kant has robbed such arguments of their logical coerciveness. They simply aren't logically compelling and St. Augustine would point out that a leap of faith must be made.
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Ahem, good man, but I don't recall hearing anything from the Catholic Church about Kant destroying St. Thomas' proofs for the existence of God, or Irenaus', or any other "logically compelling" arguments. It is true that these don't lead to God, but they can surely point one in the right direction.
At any rate, you seem to have drifted far from the OS analogy.
Respects,
Teresita
P.S. If you truly are waiting for faith, then why not ask God to bless you with this gift? You will say that you have to believe in God to pray to God, but the converse is often the case: we pray, then we believe. Perhaps God is waiting for your act of faith?