The St. Thomas More Society recently honored Antonin Scalia with its “Man for all Seasons” award. In his acceptance speech the Supreme Court Justice had some choice words for non-believers who reject a priori (aka atheists) the possibility of the miraculous.
Ministry Values reports
Although the sophisticated may deride them as simple-minded, committed Christians should have the courage to embrace their faith he said. “It isn’t irrational to accept the testimony of eyewitnesses to miracles” Scalia said.
“What is irrational,” he said, “is to reject a priori, with no investigation, the possibility of miracles in general and of Jesus Christ’s resurrection in particular — which is, of course, precisely what the worldly wise do.”
November 2, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Patrick: you need to go back to the NC Register website and reverse the e and i in Atheists in the title.
November 4, 2010 at 1:04 am
The human being is a miracle. Look in the mirror. Ask yourself how you came into existence.