RE: If God exists, what is it about his essence that makes him supernatural?
October 26, 2012 at 4:27 pm
(October 26, 2012 at 1:35 pm)DoubtVsFaith Wrote: Why do theists interpret God as being non-natural?
If they didn't, they would have to admit that he should have been discovered by now, even if only indirectly.
(October 26, 2012 at 1:35 pm)DoubtVsFaith Wrote: When the bible says God created the universe, where does it say that he's necessarily non-natural rather than a natural being that created the universe by producing more of himself?
It didn't.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
It says that god was hovering over the waters, as in he had a physical location over the earth. It says he created the heavens (sky or heaven?) and the earth. It does not say he created the entire universe. I'm tempted to dissect the whole of Genesis 1, but that would probably be off topic for this thread.
