Monday, October 21, 2024

No place to hide!

The new epistemic expectation that comes with enclosure in lmmanence — namely, that whatever is within the sphere of immanence should be understandable to us — means we expect an answer to such matters. Inscrutability is no longer an option; so if believers have no rationally demonstrative answer, but can only appeal to something like the “hidden” will of God, then the scales tip in favor of what we know and understand.—James K. A. Smith, How (Not) to Be Secular,—James K. A. Smith, How (Not) to Be Secular, 65–66

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I realize that without a context this doesn't make a lot of sense, but this book is trying to distill a huge book and I'm trying distill it even more. But, I think you get the gist of what's going on here. At least I hope you do!
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