In Conclusion

To answer an objection by saying, as has been said above, that it is no answer in logic is not a full answer since people are so apt to be illogical, emotional and vague on the subject of religion. A logical answer is therefore met with colourful pictures of religious fanatics, militant atheists and general discomfiture—all intended to impress one with the lack of wisdom in discussing a socially unacceptable subject. This is mostly exaggeration by people who are believers in expediency and not in Truth, social comfort and mental bread and milk. No one wants bitterness but some discussion of fundamentals which are so consistently ignored would be a good thing and preferable to an apathetic acceptance of watered-down notions of God, or the pious or atheistic materialism so characteristic of some thought.

It must be emphasised that it is not strictly the task of Theology to decide whether God exists. That is a philosophical question which very little is done about but for the purposes of Theology it has to be assumed that God exists.