Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stapp lives in his house near Holloman, enjoying hi-fi music and pondering the lessons of his latest sled ride. He thinks that he experienced more wind and deceleration than a pilot bailing out at the speed of sound at 35,000 ft. altitude. This may be taken as proof, he believes, that an ejection seat (cost: $4,000) is enough to save such a pilot's life, and that an elaborate "ejection capsule" (cost: $30,000) is not needed. The pilot, he remarks, would have to be lashed down to the seat, or the wind would break...
...replies, in order of their frequency: "1) The order and majesty of the world around us, 2) There must be a Creator to explain the origin of man and the world, 3) There is proof of God in the Bible (or other church authority), 4) Past experiences in life give me faith that there is a God, 5) Believing in God gives me much comfort." The Heart Strangely Warmed. In favoring the argument based on order in the universe, Americans chart a new swing of an old pendulum. Medieval man also saw God in the order of things...
...fact that this "proof" ranks only fifth may indicate that this softness is not as widespread as orthodox churchmen fear...
France's great Thomist philosopher, Etienne Gilson, thinks the choice indicated in the Gallup poll is not bad. The proof derived from order, he noted last week, was the one recommended...
...Gilson said: "Belief in God has two sources - the hu man soul and the starry sky." But Gilson noted two significant omissions: 1) the argument by the testimony of moral conscience, which leads man to God through consideration of the presence of truth in the mind, and 2) the proof by consensus universalis, which holds that if there is no God it is very difficult to imagine why practically all peoples should spontaneously reach the conclusion that there...