Great post from Amy Welborn on Garry Wills' Papal Sin book.
"You're too smart to believe in God".- a co-worker.
The fact that intellectual elites have largely abandoned religion has made the rest of us, quite naturally, sensitive on the subject. Just as a boy who is continually told that he is weak and puny will try to develop muscles, so there is a natural reaction to defend the faith intellectually, i.e. on the terms that the "other side" sets. My motives (as always) are mixed? I want to defend the faith to people I respect but in doing so I also want to defend myself. Pride.
I've often wondered about the connection between truth and hubris. Does God do us a favor in keeping us in the dark for humility's sake? On a "Catholic Authors" program on EWTN, the guest said that the great danger is the middlebrow. Those who are brilliant tend to see how little they know; those at the other end also know they don't know much. But 'tweeners...
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