Innate and Intuitive Knowledge of God

By virtue of their souls, human beings possess innate and intuitive knowledge of God, But as this statement seems contrary to common sense, it is necessary to offer a brief explanation to clarify it There are two ways to acquire knowledge of objective reality: 1) Through the five external senses and 2) By directly and intuitively embracing the object of knowledge. Our comprehension of such feelings as love, hale, and fear is a clear instance of the type of knowledge that is direct and intuitive. The question that we should consider here is how we apprehend these feelings? How do we know that love, haired, and fear exist within us? Do we need to formulate rational arguments to prove the existence of these feelings within us? Or is it that we merely intuit these feelings  immediately? A newborn infant who suckles at his mother's breast knows that he is hungry and that his food is lo be sought at his mother's breast. How does a newborn infant possess this knowledge? Has anyone taught the infant or has he engaged in a conscious process of rational reasoning that has led him to suckling?

The infant like any other human being intuitively senses the feeling of hunger inspite of lacking any menial conception of it. Rational reasoning is useless in proving this feeling. The same truth holds in regard to other feelings such as love, hale and fear.

As explained in the above passage, all human beings have a similar intuitive sense of God: we all feel the innate gravitation toward Absolute Perfection and we are all inclined to seek It. This is what we intend when we say that knowledge of God is innate and intuitive. Within every human being there is an innate. albeit subconscious, feeling of dependence on a supreme being who is capable of fulfilling his needs. Although this feeling may be insufficient in enabling us to identify this being, the sensation of dependence is present within us. As such, saying that knowledge of God is intuitive means that we immediately sense a feeling of dependence on a supreme and absolute reality that transcends us.