Foolishness of Atheism in Psalm 14 1

Reading Response

1

One question that I have about today’s reading is why on page 132, it is asserted that Kung believes “complete denial of God is possible…Indeed ‘atheism cannot be eliminated rationally. It is irrefutable.’” Yet Holy Scripture tells us that the fool hath said in his heart there is no God (Psalm 14:1). So Kung believes that being a fool is rational and irrefutable?

2

I wonder about is why the mystery of God demands according to Kasper “to be experienced through personal relationships which afford finite glimpses of the Infinite” (p. 168). What about holy hermits or monks or religious who live apart from society? They certainly seem to have grand glimpses of the Infinite without the personal relationships element that Kasper appears to recommend.