Common thought in our contemporary society is that the existence of God is a matter of faith,

and that matters of faith can't be reasoned about.

Two claims are very commonly accepted.

So in particular, the existence of God is a matter of faith, the matters of faith

can't be reasoned about, then the existence of God can't be reasoned about.

Not everyone accepts this.

There are plenty of atheists who think the existence of God can be reasoned about and

shown to be false.

But there are also some people who believe in God and who think it can't be

reasoned about. I think actually both statements are false. And in fact, I think that this

has standardly been a part of Christianity. The New Testament denies both statements that

the existence of God is a matter of faith and that matters Testament denies both statements that the existence of God

is a matter of faith and that matters of faith can't be reasoned about. So Paul says in

Romans that ever since the creation of the world, God's nature has been clearly perceived in

things that have been made. Clear perception doesn't seem like a sort of thing that is a matter of faith but on the

other hand even for faith he Peter says that we should be ready to make a defense

for to anyone who wants an accounting which suggests the matters of faith can be

reasoned about according to the New

Testament. And of course, as I said earlier, many atheists will agree that it can be reasoned about.

They will just disagree as to the direction that the reasoning will take. In fact, I think if God exists and made the world, it would be strange if the existence of God

was something we couldn't reason about and couldn't in some way see.

I mean, if God made absolutely everything, it would be something of strange,

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