[asa] Nature's Laws / Book of Job / Problem of Evil

In light of recent discussions here, I thought some might be
interested in reading one or all of the commentaries at the three
items I've linked below. ~ Janice

[1] Leading Christian Myths

#14 The supernatural exists.

Uh oh, what am I saying? Don't panic: I'm saying that we've all
fallen prey to the post-Enlightenment distinction between the natural
and the so-called supernatural. In other words, this is an artifical
category, one that has led to such silly ideas as that miracles (acts
of God) "violate natural law".

God works in and through the natural world and within its "laws" --
while some miracles are beyond human capacity to duplicate, they
hardly require any violation of nature's "laws" (other than perhaps,
creation ex nihilo, and even that is not certainly a "violation").

Put it this way: Why is it not a "violation" of the law of gravity
when I pick up a box? Why IS it such a violation when God picks up
that same box?

The inconsistency was invented of itself, and unfortunately, we
continue to let the debate continue on these terms, and this makes
our apologetic for things like the Resurrection more difficult than
it needs to be. ~ J.P.Holding Other myths here:
http://www.tektonics.org/af/christianmyths.html

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[2] PUTTING GOD ON TRIAL: The Biblical Book of
Job. http://www.bookofjob.org/
        A literary, legal and philosophical study- Robert Sutherland.

         2. A NEW LOOK AT GENESIS

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[3] Theodicy: Answering the Problem of Evil
        http://www.christiancadre.org/topics/evil_suffering.html

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Received on Thu Oct 19 11:34:36 2006