Q&A: A Proof for God from Trust in Our Cognition
A Proof for God from Trust in Our Cognition
Question
Hello Rabbi,
In lesson 20/21 of Faith and Its Meaning, the Rabbi explains that if someone trusts his own epistemology, then he necessarily also believes, though of course he could also disbelieve in both.
Can’t one make a stronger claim: that if an atheist is even arguing with me about this issue, that means he actually does believe? In other words, if he doesn’t trust anything at all, then maybe we don’t even exist and everything is just imagination, etc., and there is no room for this argument in the first place.
I hope I explained myself well.
Answer
That is true, but in any case he behaves the same way I do. The excuse is that although he does not actually place trust in it, this is simply what he is used to, and he has nothing better. That is what he would say to you as well.