The ontological proof is the first proof in SUMMA THEOLOGICA. It's use is
followed by the cosmological, then the teleological, and so forth. I have
used ROMANS 1:20 to illustrate the biblical support for it.
And I am surprised that Moorad has stuck his two cents worth in also. The
whole of Y.E.C. doctrine has cost christianity dearly in the 20th century
due to "Fundamentalism" for the most part. Moorad... as a philosopher you
should KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.
Best Wishes,
William - N6RKY
John Neal wrote:
>
> Moorad,
>
> Thank you for the verses. They were encouraging.
> I certainly know that Christ is the ultimate destination of all those
> persistent in seeking truth in any discipline. I also certainly know
> that he is not the explicit goal of ALL those persistent in seeking
> truth in any discipline. All who find truth, find Christ, but not all
> who find truth explicitly seek Christ.
> It is IMPOSSIBLE to know God through science. You can only know God
> through faith, and that by God's calling, choosing, and revealing.
> You cannot justify, before God, "merging" your science with your
> theology to avoid following a false end of our scientific inquiry. Paul
> in Romans 14:23 says specifically, "And he that doubteth is damned if he
> eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is
> sin." Anything done outside of direct revelation from God himself to
> you is presumption, and therefore, sin.
> I don't know what Max Planck meant exactly when he said, "God is the
> beginning of every religion and at the end of the natural sciences."
> The perception I receive from this, however, is that he believes all
> religions essentially the same, which is absolutely and eternally void
> of discernment. Further, God is not only at the end of nature, he is
> all in all. By him all things consist and are sustained.
>
> John Neal
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