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The religiosity of Derb
Since John Derbyshire kindly linked to us in this Corner posting, I will use the opportunity to express my faith in his religiosity. In the original article that sparked debate between him and Wesley Smith, John states that yes, he does believe in God and (this is important) he believes there to be a connection between himself and God. Everything else, however, is open to doubt.
Personally I think this is a very intellectually honest position to take, especially since according to John, he has not had a religious experience of any kind. There's knowing of the intellectual variety and then there's knowing that only comes from religious experience. Without that second kind of knowledge, it seems to me, John has come to a very sound place. I really don't think God is disturbed by our doubts. I also remember reading somewhere, "When men search for God, they are searching for everything. When they have found God, they have found everything." This is knowing that is beyond knowing and only comes from profound experience.
He who is without doubt, let him cast the first stone.
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