(September 10, 2014 at 1:36 am)snowtracks Wrote: actually God reveals himself:But when objections are made to these --particularly the first three-- then the excuses, justifications, rationalizations, and complex interpretations begin.
through nature --- for since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen.
through a person’s conscience - the spirit, or mind. the sense of right and wrong testifies.
scripture is the His revelation.
through the person of Jesus Christ.
God reveals his invisible attributes through nature? Then smallpox is evidence that he's a horrific, abusive monster.
God reveals himself through a person's conscience? Then Charles Manson is evidence that god is a ruthless, maniacal killer.
God reveals himself through scripture? Hang on, let me find a copy of The Odyssey. He might come out only slightly deranged in this one.
God reveals himself through the person of Jesus Christ? And where would this person happen to be, at the moment?
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould
-Stephen Jay Gould