Reason is Not Enough

While the existence of God could be, and has been, proven through rational arguments, it is insufficient to merely know that God exists. Rather, one must believe in God. What's the distinction? It's simple

To know something is to understand why it's true.  You can accept that someone has good intentions without truly believing it. Nearly everyone, if not absolutely everyone, has experienced a moment where they have lost an argument. The other person is correct, you were wrong. They're arguments trumped yours, yet you still feel a conviction in what you were arguing for. That conviction, that subconscious determination to be correct, is your belief. Now, how does that factor into faith? Faith is believing. No matter how many rational arguments people make about why God exists, there is not one that can thoroughly convince you. Rather, you must predispose yourself to the possibility of the existence of God.  As a true Catholic, when asked "Why do you believe in God," your answer should not be a listing of Aquinas' five ways. That is knowing his existence, not believing in it. Rather, to believe, your answer, whether verbal or not, must be "Because in the core of my being I know he's there." There shouldn't be a rational answer. Heck, the answer I gave is wrong insofar as it is put into words. Rather, your belief and your faith (key word here) should be an irrational conviction. You can't confine everything to language. You can't describe true faith of God's existence in the words of any language. Rather, you have to feel it. Why? God doesn't wait around for language to set in. God isn't a part of language. No! God is greater than language. God is greater than the human mind can comprehend. God is greater than our rational conceptions of everything that ever has or will exist. Rather, believing in God is a passionate faith that you know you need not prove, because God is with you.