## In Praise of the Gods - By Simon Sarris ### In Praise of the Gods - By Simon Sarris  #### Metadata * Author: [[Simon Sarris]] * Full Title: In Praise of the Gods - By Simon Sarris * Category: #articles * URL: <https://simonsarris.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-the-gods?s=r&cmdid=0HHJZ8VF2LW5FH> #### Highlights * Rationality has so thoroughly soaked the earth that even those who call themselves religious have self-persuaded into experiencing religion through a purely rationalist lens. There is even the paradox of those who consider themselves the most religious, yet appear to be among the most rationalist, spending great energy on proof. Endless books, sermons, and forceful arguments are deployed to advocate their proof. So steeped are they in centuries of rationality that they do not notice such arguments as a positively atheistic way of pondering the divine. The divine all the while does not demand proof, but asks merely to be a mystery. # In Praise of the Gods - By Simon Sarris  ## Metadata - Author: [[Simon Sarris]] - Full Title: In Praise of the Gods - By Simon Sarris - Category: #articles - URL: https://simonsarris.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-the-gods?s=r&cmdid=0HHJZ8VF2LW5FH ## Highlights - Rationality has so thoroughly soaked the earth that even those who call themselves religious have self-persuaded into experiencing religion through a purely rationalist lens. There is even the paradox of those who consider themselves the most religious, yet appear to be among the most rationalist, spending great energy on proof. Endless books, sermons, and forceful arguments are deployed to advocate their proof. So steeped are they in centuries of rationality that they do not notice such arguments as a positively atheistic way of pondering the divine. The divine all the while does not demand proof, but asks merely to be a mystery.