RE: What beliefs would we consider reasonable for a self proclaimed Christian to hold?
March 20, 2018 at 8:11 am
(March 20, 2018 at 7:37 am)Khemikal Wrote: If you say so..but you also said that the universe was intentionally made to look like this wasn't the case at all.
In any case, is this proposed rule of incomprehensibility only a rule for me...? What are you doing, what are you talking about?
If you and I live forever, we would always learn something, the knowledge is endless.
The universe or nature was made as a creation, not a God.
You won't find God in nature. He is separate from it.
And it was made so that you can lose yourself in it, by adventure, work or whatever.
So you can study nature for a life time, without having to acknowledge God.
Nevertheless, the universe was intended as a gift for the life within it - especially intelligent creatures, and it is nice when God is acknowledged, appreciated and loved, which is consequential, and cannot be manipulated or forced, if it is genuine.
Freedom is paramount to God, and that trait is expressed even in the options of the behavior of atoms.
The universe isn't robotically 'controlled' or invaded by God, as some churches say.
