Natural Theology, Natural Anthropology

"We do not infer the existence of another person from an analysis and classification of the audiovisual sensations we receive, but rather we attend directly to the person as a living center of meaning and purpose, and for this direct relationship our awareness of the sounds and gestures made by the other person is subsidiary and tacit. Thus it would also be idle to suppose that we could come to the knowledge of a supernatural personal reality by induction from all the data of our natural experience. At this point the only relevant questions are: Is there anyone present? Has he spoken? Natural theology ends here; another kind of enterprise begins, and another kind of language has to be used - the language of testimony."


Lesslie Newbigin, Foolishness to the Greeks, p. 88