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one who loves God -- no one in their right mind can possibly love humanity in it's sinful, fallen, and depraved state, which fails to even comprehend the nature of God, His Righteousness, His Justice, and His Mercy. Your article clearly demonstrates this total lack of comprehension by fallen and unredeemed mankind.

Or to put it more directly here is the way St Paul put it in the first chapter of his first letter to the Church at Corinth :

20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

please understand this clearly: it does not matter whether you mock it; it does not matter if you hate it; it does not matter if you choose to ignore it, it does not matter if you reject it - none of that matters, because you see, in the end, the universe functions by God's rules, not yours.

no one in their right mind can possibly love humanity in it's sinful, fallen, and depraved state

Wow, that is a very interesting statement. If it were true, it would mean Christ was not in His right mind:

Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Are you sure that's what you meant to say?

Hank

Are you sure you're not confusing Faith and Reason? Pope John Paul II wrote an excellent encyclical called 'Fides et Ratio' (Faith and Reason) which attempts to delineate the role of Philosophy as compared to the role of faith. I do not think one should ever eliminate the need for the other. Regardless of how strong one's faith is.