The Facts of Life: God, by F.X. Cronin

The existence of God is a bold question of fact.  So too is the general nature of God.  These are matters of basic fact first before they are matters of faith. But, it is a hard sell nowadays to convince anyone that (God’s) existence and nature are matters of fact.

For many in the modern West, God is merely a matter of belief, usually supported with selective  evidence rife with confirmation bias.  It is an unscientific belief driven by personal needs for meaning and moral certainty unmet by a mechanistic, material universe and psychological comfort in the face of the terror of life in an empty, silent, purposeless cosmos of matter and energy alone.   ….

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