What I was talking about was someone who wanted to use the intellect to get to
God, using the natural world, etc. A person can get close, but in the end
faith has to bridge that final gap.
Mortimer Adler wrote a wonderful book some time ago called "How to Think About
God." He showed how, philosophically, you can get to a Greater Power...but not
the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. That final step is faith, a step Adler
himself took not long after.
Jim