Dennis Prager argues that faith comes from reasoning, not feeling. He says skeptics reject God as irrational, but beauty and goodness also can't be scientifically proven yet persuade us. Compelling arguments, not absolute proof, can make religion worth taking seriously.
It is my mind that has given me faith. I approach God through the mind much more than through the heart. Now, I am well aware that my approach will not work with everybody, but it certainly works with many bodies. An appeal to the mind, because many people in the modern age use their mind to reject God, the Bible, et cetera. So if the mind, if they think that it is their mind that cannot accept God, God-based morality, et cetera, then I have to appeal to their mind. If the mind is the source of the rejection, then the mind has to be approached, right? So the number one in my approach to having people take religion, specifically the Bible, seriously is through the intellect. It is amazing that people who reject God as irrational, not provable, that's their famous statement. Can you prove to me God exists? Of course not. But I can prove to you beauty exists. I can't prove to you a whole host of positive things. I can't prove to you that the good and evil exist. Where's the proof? Show me, show me the measuring stick. Show me the chemical basis. What is the chemical constituents? What are the chemical constituents of good or evil? There is very little that matters that can be proven, but there are arguments that are persuasive.
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