by Luis Riveros

Created on: September 22, 2009

Rational thinking has its limits. Rational thinking is very helpful when dealing with physical matter. Through rational thinking it is possible to see the fallacy of theories such as Evolution-ism and Creationism. Through rational thinking we can make sense of logical, reasonable premises and observe that a scientific theory could be just wishful thoughts put cleverly together. Rational thinking is able to see the "truth" behind a philosophical system or a belief. A belief needs to be rational, consistent and hopefully then it could be accepted as a valid axiom.

When we are dealing with God, however; all 'proof' is hopeless if we are concerned in obtaining physical proof.

God deals with metaphysical experiences. God is an experience which very few human beings are able to experience. God is not a 'good for sale' in every supermarket and thus accessible to all. No!

Rational thinking cannot understand God because the heart and feelings which belong to the spiritual realm, are beyond the scope of reasoning.

For instance you have a 5 year old boy. Ask him to add two numbers. He probably will be able to do it with some work. What about division? He has to be a gifted child to be able to understand that. Reason could be used to figure that out and after learning to multiply, he will be able to make sense with that operation and perhaps learn to divide. There are very few 5 year olds that can do that. Is this a proof that "a 5 year old can learn to divide"? Yes and No. Yes, because we have a sample of them. No. because those kids are the exception, they do not belong to the typical 5 year old group. Same is with God. Only few human beings are able to go beyond rational thinking and use intuition, the feelings of the heart and be able to connect, to have an experience. The rest are staying in the common category of "believers" and "non believers."

Can I offer proof that my rat will die in a particular date? No. I cannot. i know when the rodent was born but i cannot know its end. Death is an axiom because of observation of other rats, extrapolating that observation and the assumption that my friendly rodent will take that path as well "someday." There is no rational proof leading me to a date. I have no control on that. The question is: Who has that control?

There is no mathematical equation that can tell me how long this rodent will be alive. However, deep inside I know that my rat will be a goner. that innate truth is within us as well. It is not rational, but it is our own truth. For many, that is the extent of their experience of God. It is easier to discard those feelings for lack of rational proof, but why do we learn to shut down our intuition, our inner light for the sake of being Mr. Spock? A human being is more than that. A human being even though rational and logical, is the most irrational and illogical of all species, that is the paradox of our existence. How can we attempt to proof God in that state of affairs? The truth is a Paradox.

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