Q&A: Limited Intellect versus Separate Intellect
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Limited Intellect versus Separate Intellect
Question
Hello Rabbi, I wanted to ask whether it is possible to dismiss any proof for the existence of God by arguing that a limited intellect cannot prove the infinite, by virtue of its very nature as limited?
Answer
This is a serious malady: people dismiss an entire group of arguments with an a priori claim, just by declaration. If there is a good argument—meaning, you examined it on its own merits and did not find a refutation of it—then that itself is proof that it is possible to prove the existence of God, meaning that your a priori reasoning is incorrect. Therefore, one should examine arguments on their own merits, not through general, a priori declarations.