Week 4--Cobb, Chapter 4 (Theological Tools)

This is a good discussion of the importance of having both the aesthetic and moral aspects of the holy. I like how he says, “For moral faith to endure it must be sustained by ontological faith, by symbols with transcendent power that testify to the goodness of being.” This quote perfectly expresses the importance of faith, and the whole apparatus of a faith-system, as opposed to a mere humanist, hyper-rational and insipid equation for reality, like most expressions of atheism are. Here is a great point of argument against the humanist core of atheism that overemphasizes reason: morality must not simply be utilitarian, it must be inspired. As Michelle Obama said today in her rally speech for her husband, “It begins with inspiration.”