Re: Soren Kierkegaard on Faith and Reason

Enormous treatises have been written that try to demonstrate the truth of 
Christianity. Behind these we feel perfectly convinced and secure against 
all attack. With every demonstration we end with: Ergo, Christ was the one

he claimed to be. It is just as certain as two plus two equals four and as

easy as putting one’s foot in a sock. With this irrefutable “ergo” the 
professor bids defiance, and the missionary confidently goes forth to 
convert the unbelieving. But not Christ! He never says: Ergo, I am the 
expected one. No, he says, “Blessed is he who is not offended at me.” That

is, we do not come to him by means of proofs, but by picking up his cross.