EL CARÁCTER RAZONABLE DE LA FE EN DIOS.

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Title: EL CARÁCTER RAZONABLE DE LA FE EN DIOS. (Spanish).
Alternate Title: Reasonable Character of Faith in God. (English)
Authors: SPAEMANN, ROBERT
Source: Humanitas (07172168). verano2011, Vol. 16 Issue 61, p60-79. 20p.
Subjects: FAITH & reason in Christianity, CHRISTIANITY & science, SCIENTISM, PROOF of God, PHILOSOPHY of religion, CREATION
Abstract (English): When one considers reason purely as a product of an evolutionary adaptation, which has nothing to do with the truth, and when the self-contradictory character of this statement is not a rejection, then one cannot expect that there is an argument that can convince men of the existence of God. Human life is a creation that is situated in the totality of a plan of the cosmic order, originated by the Creator, that is found in an environment that exceeds this universe. Modern science and philosophy have tended, for their part, to fascinate the world of what is feasible, appears to extend its borders towards a false infinity. The gaze is fixed in alignment with earthly reality in constant change, blind to the question about the foundation and sense of wholeness, and the eternal dimension that is "outside" the visible cosmos. This reality does not prevent that the sciences have been unable to formulate the reason to invalidate the "rumor" of God. Only scientism or the scientific vision of the world has intended to do so without success. Faith in God is a foundational aspect of the world, which is not irrational, but transparent "light" for itself from which flows its own reason. [TRANSLATION]
Abstract (Spanish): Cuando se considera a la razón puramente como producto de una adaptación evolutiva, que nada tiene que ver con la verdad, y cuando el carácter contradictorio en sí mismo de esta afirmación no produce un rechazo, entonces no se puede esperar que exista una argumentación que pueda convencer al hombre de la existencia de Dios. La vida humana es una creación que se sitúa en la totalidad de un plan de orden cósmico, originada por el Creador, que se encuentra en un ámbito que supera este universo. La ciencia y la filosofía moderna han tendido, por su parte, a embelesarse con el mundo de lo factible, que aparenta extender sus fronteras hacia una falsa infinitud. La mirada ha quedado fija en la adecuación a una realidad terrenal en permanente mutación, cegada a la interrogante sobre el fundamento y sentido de la totalidad, y sobre aquella dimensión eterna que está "fuera" del cosmos visible. Esta realidad de hecho no impide que las ciencias hayan sido incapaces de formular una razón que invalide el "rumor" de Dios. Únicamente el cientismo o visión científica del mundo ha intentado hacerlo sin éxito. La fe en Dios es un fundamento del mundo, que no es irracional, sino "luz" transparente para sí misma de la que brota su propia razón. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:When one considers reason purely as a product of an evolutionary adaptation, which has nothing to do with the truth, and when the self-contradictory character of this statement is not a rejection, then one cannot expect that there is an argument that can convince men of the existence of God. Human life is a creation that is situated in the totality of a plan of the cosmic order, originated by the Creator, that is found in an environment that exceeds this universe. Modern science and philosophy have tended, for their part, to fascinate the world of what is feasible, appears to extend its borders towards a false infinity. The gaze is fixed in alignment with earthly reality in constant change, blind to the question about the foundation and sense of wholeness, and the eternal dimension that is "outside" the visible cosmos. This reality does not prevent that the sciences have been unable to formulate the reason to invalidate the "rumor" of God. Only scientism or the scientific vision of the world has intended to do so without success. Faith in God is a foundational aspect of the world, which is not irrational, but transparent "light" for itself from which flows its own reason. [TRANSLATION]
ISSN:07172168