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From: David F Siemens <dfsiemensjr@juno.com>
To: rlmiller@gilroy.com
Cc: asa@calvin.com
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 19:12:16 -0700
Subject: Re: Miracles
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Full-Name: David F Siemens
On Tue, 29 May 2001 15:21:55 -0700 "Robert Miller" <rlmiller@gilroy.com>
writes:
> David Siemens wrote in part:
> >
> > With specific application to prayer, the Eternal has known our
> petition
> > from eternity and has arranged matters so that the results he
> wills will
> > come to pass. This does not excuse us from praying on the grounds
> that he
> > already knows what we'll ask for, for then he knows that we are
> too lazy
> > or stupid to ask. If appropriate, he has set natural causes in
> motion.
> > But he is not restricted by natural laws. When appropriate, he can
> make
> > iron float, water become wine, the sick be well, the dead rise.
> While he
> > usually acts within the pattern he has established for his
> universe, he
> > may change what we think to be the pattern to accomplish his
> purpose.
> >
> Have you seen the article on Openess Theology in C.T., May 21, 2001,
> pg. 39?
>
>
> Bob Miller
>
Yes, Bob, I've read the article. Sanders has constructed his deity in his
own temporal image. Hall is orthodox, but does not come to grips with
what is required for an eternal Creator. I'm disappointed in the "debate"
thus far.
Dave
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