Quote Originally Posted by Rhabbi View Post
I am curious, since you have read Aquinas, have you read anyone else who talks about they journey of faith? Aquinas was more of a philosopher than anything, and trying to use philosophy to prove religion is worse than trying to use science to do it.

There are a few people who set down to prove that god does not exist and ended up believing. One of them is Lew Wallace, the author of Ben Hur. Another is the British author C. S. Lewis. These men were well educated atheists who wanted to disprove God's ver existance, yet ended up serving Him.

Perhaps their lines of reasoning are not valid for you, but they were for them.
I'll quote Zizek here. "Philosophy isn't about finding answers. It's about finding questions". Philosophy helps us question what we know and what we think. That's why I think it is very very important to take it very very seriously. I'm pretty sure Aquinas was first and foremost a servant of god. He certainly seemed to need to say it in every second sentance. But maybe that was just to cover his ass

Ok, so smart guys converted to Christianity. I won't argue that. The interesting thing is, how did their line of reasoning go? The fact that they were famous for being smart and educated doesn't add any credibility to the religion does it? I've read Kirkegaard and his journey into faith. Wouldn't you say that he summed it up pretty well?