Obiectio
The agnostic rightly rejects rash claims but may wrongly absolutize uncertainty.
Apologetic Dashboard
Agnosticism suspends judgement; Catholic apologetics asks whether reason must remain silent.
Apologetic Dashboard
The agnostic rightly rejects rash claims but may wrongly absolutize uncertainty.
EvidenceKinds of evidenceOnly laboratory-style evidence is sometimes treated as rational.
First principlesFirst principlesThe mind already relies on being, non-contradiction, truth and causality.
WillRefusal and delaySuspension of judgement can become a moral posture rather than an intellectual necessity.
Reason
The agnostic rightly rejects rash claims but may wrongly absolutize uncertainty.
Agnostic restraint can be honest at the beginning, but reason is not condemned to silence about first cause, order, truth and moral law.
Scripture, Tradition, Fathers, Magisterium, canon law and historical evidence are kept together so every objection can be answered point by point.
Evidence
Only laboratory-style evidence is sometimes treated as rational.
Agnostic restraint can be honest at the beginning, but reason is not condemned to silence about first cause, order, truth and moral law.
Scripture, Tradition, Fathers, Magisterium, canon law and historical evidence are kept together so every objection can be answered point by point.
First principles
The mind already relies on being, non-contradiction, truth and causality.
Agnostic restraint can be honest at the beginning, but reason is not condemned to silence about first cause, order, truth and moral law.
Scripture, Tradition, Fathers, Magisterium, canon law and historical evidence are kept together so every objection can be answered point by point.
Will
Suspension of judgement can become a moral posture rather than an intellectual necessity.
Agnostic restraint can be honest at the beginning, but reason is not condemned to silence about first cause, order, truth and moral law.
Scripture, Tradition, Fathers, Magisterium, canon law and historical evidence are kept together so every objection can be answered point by point.