William Peter BlattyAnd there lies the heart of it, perhaps: in unworthiness. For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love: of accepting the possibility that God could ever love us.
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The idea that it is possible for there to be a God who loves us is not something which anyone can prove through reason alone. It may be argued, for instance, that there are so many other possibilities for the origin of life, and of the cosmos itself, that the only rational conclusion is that they must have been created by an intelligent designer. But if one believes in an Almighty Creator, then this argument doesn’t seem to apply.
Source: The Exorcist
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