From: richard@biblewheel.com
Date: Thu Jul 31 2003 - 18:54:10 EDT
Dave wrote concerning another Dave's four points:
> David makes relevant points, IMO. But there is something further that
> seems to be left out. To a theist, God is in constant control, though, to
> use Luther's language, we see only the masks of God. If God "nudged" an
> event, we cannot differentiate it from one in which the shift is random.
> So, within scientific methodology, the latter is affirmed and the former
> cannot even be considered. If in Christ all things hang together
> (Colossians 1:17), then his purpose is universally achieved. This, I
> think, fits with "The heavens declare ..." and "The fool hath said ..."
> Dave
>
I think both Daves made very relevant points.
I like the traditional Rabinnic understanding which poses this Question and
Answer:
Can a logical person see the hand of God and deny its existence? Certainly.
God wears a glove called Nature. ... it is God's way of exercising control
over creation. Can one find natural causes for events? Yes almost always
there are good causes for every effect. When God dispatches angels to do his
bidding, they take the form of fires, winning lottery tickets, business
upturns, winds that push balls over goal posts, aggressors - the entire
panoply of causes and effects that make headlines and history books. So we
are always challenged to see the Hand inside the glove.
This is from Rabbi Nosson Scherman's introduction to "Purim: Its observance
and Significance." It is part of the explanation of why God is "missing"
from the Book of Esther.
Richard Amiel McGough
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