Whenever I hear someone claim that they only believe what is demonstrated by reason and science, I want to smile.
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I have been arguing in the last two posts that human beings are inescapably meaning-makers, constantly engaged in trying to make sense of the world—and that pure reason is only one, often tangential, component in the process.
Read MoreThe messiness of sense-making has certain implications for any thought-filled person, including the skeptical believer.
Read MoreWe have more words for thinking than Eskimos have for snow—and they have dozens. All of them are attempts to get at some aspect of the ceaseless human process of making sense of things.
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