On searching God

            Inevitably, every human person has the inner dynamism to crave for the Absolute Truth. Indeed, the quest which has started since time immemorial continues even until now in order to ultimately quench the thirst for such Being. Yet humans as we are wherein finitude becomes an act of property, as it is embedded in our nature as a non-essential perfection which necessarily flows from our being, the capacity to commit mistake conclusion in relation to this search is inescapable. Be that as it may however, with the help of intellectual studies and conventions which deal about the topic, I may have a notion about this Being.

            Neo-scholasticism has in fact one of the best approaches in this study. This is because of its line of thinking as having a cognitive propositional approach in dealing the reality of God (i.e The Supreme Being, that which nothing Greater can be thought of). Cognitive Proportionalists have clearly defined that the reality of God is knowable with certainty through human expression and language although presumably they have conceived supernatural revelation as a practical necessity for the communication of doctrine.

            As for me although apparently revelation is intellectualized and reduced to a quantifiable set of propositional statements according to critiques, I still firmly believe that this should not be absolutely adjudicated to be in this way. This is because as presumed, God reveals Himself where such revelation is developing through the signs of the times. Although the concept of God ‘per se’ is beyond any human expression at least, Neo-Scholasticism gives us the conviction that God is truly real. It might be that the model is platonic-scholastic and pre-Freudan in character being ignorant to the role of human emotions and instincts; epistemologically no account of the diversity of people as regards to their capacity for comprehending truth; and linguistically unaware of the limitations of language with regards to encapsulating truth, however, the approach remains one of the best means in the search of God’s existence. Certainly, Neo-scholastics’ utilization of the cognitive propositional approach promotes unity in the church, fosters a lively sense of mission and responds to the human need for answers. So therefore, the model notwithstanding its weaknesses remains reliable to give us certain truth especially about God.