Dr. Margaret Farley, R.S.M. Engages with the Question: Why Should We Have to Prove the Existence of God?

Margaret Farley, Alfred Benney

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Abstract

Why should we have to prove the existence of God?

Dr. Margaret Farley discusses what is necessary to “know” God compared with the idea of necessarily proving God’s existence. She finds that the need to know if God is a loving being or if God is angry is much more relevant. Farley poses the analogy of the inability of humans to prove the existence of love, but still they trust its relevance. In this leap of faith, she believes we can change and become more selfless people, which can be thought of as an effect of God’s un-provability.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalDefault journal
StatePublished - Sep 3 1999

Disciplines

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Religion
  • Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

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