In the second part of Keller's book The Reason for God, he moves from handling questions of doubt, to supplying clues or answers for faith in God.
In Chapter 8, "The Clues of God", Keller explains that no proof of God is airtight, and all are rationally avoidable at some point. But he talks about clues being found everywhere. Science, beauty, art, love, etc... The following is a concluding paragraph on pg. 135. What do you think about Keller's idea of "The Clues of God"?
Doesn't the unfulfillable longing evoked by beauty qualify as an innate desire? We have a longing for joy, love, and beauty that no amount of food, sex, friendship, or success can satisfy. We want something that nothing in the world can fulfill. Isn't that at least a clue that this "something" that we want exists? This unfulfillable longing, then, qualifies as a deep, innate human desire, and that makes it a major clue that God is there. p. 135
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