Human logic may be rationally adequate, but it is also existentially deficient. Faith declares that there is more than this - not contradicting, but transcending reason.

Alister E. McGrath
Human logic may be rationally adequate, but it is also...
Human logic may be rationally adequate, but it is also...
Human logic may be rationally adequate, but it is also...
Human logic may be rationally adequate, but it is also...
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In the words of Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, “Human logic may be rationally adequate, but it is also existentially deficient. Faith declares that there is more than this - not contradicting, but transcending reason.”

Source: Mere Apologetics: How To Help Seekers And Skeptics Find Faith

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