Over at CatholicCulture.com, Jeff Mirus has some reflections on Fr. Robert Spitzer’s New Proofs for the Existence of God, including a thoughtful defense of the “layman’s approach” to the question of evidence for God’s existence:
“For these reasons, the ordinary man need not be ashamed to look out at the world and make the connections native to his own mind and heart concerning the existence of God. Indeed, he will have to be trained very carefully not to make these connections, or perhaps be driven to sever them by his own distaste for moral constraints. Though scientists and philosophers may swirl around us in their hordes, the fundamental reliability of human perception, in its broad strokes and universal experiences, remains the best possible foundation for the recognition of the existence of God. “
