To feel deeply that truth, goodness, and beauty belong together, that, in fact, in their fullest realization, they are together, is another way of saying that one believes in God. To experience what little we can do as persons as still important is a form of belief in God. To sense that we are known and valued even when other human beings do not know or value us, is to believe in God.

None of this proves God’s existence. But I personally cannot doubt the reality and value of truth, beauty, and goodness. For me the affirmation of these is inextricable from the affirmation of God.

~Dr. John Cobb Jr.

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