25/08/2023
Long time no see! Here's the deal..
Edward Feser was born and raised in a Catholic family but gave up his Catholicism, and then his theism, while he was still a young man. He went on to engage in intensive study of the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and various other philosophical disciplines. It was not until later in life, when he began to take a second look at the arguments for the existence of God, that he thought maybe they might have something to them. He describes the transition from atheism to theism as follows.
𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥” 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳” 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.” 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦: “𝘖𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭!” 𝘉𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 2001, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦…
𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘐 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦.
For References:
https://www.worldviewsummit.org/post/philosopher-s-journey-from-atheism-to-theism-edward-feser
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