Re: Romans 1:20

Bill Green:

"...How does the greatness of nature point one to God rather than an impersonal Cosmos?"

Dave Siemens:

"...I take the matter as a fact from what observations I've read about and from
Paul's statement. The alternative seems to require that the whole just is, without explanation...."

How about the concept that some psychologists are currently exploring, that humans are by nature predisposed towards spirituality? Then the interpretation of "God" is the most natural of all human interpretations, and only the "fool" says there is no God (or god). To assert an impersonal Cosmos is contrary to human nature and becomes normal only among those who are able via civilization's constructs to insulate themselves from nature as seen in the untamed world.

This natural ability to see God in nature makes humans accountable, but the natural tendency to perversion leads to erroneous interpretations of the vision and a general inability to come into a personal relationship with that God.

Don

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: D. F. Siemens, Jr.<mailto:dfsiemensjr@juno.com>
  To: wgreen@god4science.com<mailto:wgreen@god4science.com>
  Cc: asa@calvin.edu<mailto:asa@calvin.edu>
  Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 8:54 PM
  Subject: Re: Romans 1:20

  On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:03:37 -0400 "wgreen8" <wgreen8@god4science.com<mailto:wgreen8@god4science.com>>
  writes:
> Thanks for your input Mr. Siemens. How does the greatness of nature
> point
> one to God rather than an impersonal Cosmos? It seems that if the
> creation
> points to a creator, and men are held accounatble for this, then the
> creation
> must point in a way that cannot be mistaken by the open minded
> (hearted)
> observer. Would you agree with this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Green
>
  To present a "mechanism" for the effect seems to me most difficult. I
  take the matter as a fact from what observations I've read about and from
  Paul's statement. The alternative seems to require that the whole just
  is, without explanation. Only some sophisticated (sophistical ?)
  individuals seem to arrive at that approach.
  Dave
Received on Tue Jul 19 07:06:58 2005