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Full Idea
Choosing the objective way enters upon the entire approximation-process by which it is proposed to bring God to light objectively. But this is in all eternity impossible, because God is a subject, and therefore exist only for subjectivity in inwardness.
Gist of Idea
God cannot be demonstrated objectively, because God is a subject, only existing inwardly
Source
Søren Kierkegaard (Concluding Unscientific Postscript [1846])
Book Ref
'Existentialism', ed/tr. Solomon,Robert C. [Modern Library 1974], p.18
A Reaction
[pg in 711] This seems to have something like Wittgenstein's problem with a private language - that with no external peer-review it is unclear what the commitment is.
20312 | God cannot be demonstrated objectively, because God is a subject, only existing inwardly [Kierkegaard] |
18976 | Private experience is the main evidence for God [James] |
20710 | Maybe an abnormal state of mind is needed to experience God? [Davies,B] |
20711 | A believer can experience the world as infused with God [Davies,B] |
20709 | The experiences of God are inconsistent, not universal, and untestable [Davies,B] |