Re: [asa] Romans 1:20

The claim that "this is obviously the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives
of these unbelievers working on them in conjunction with the teachings of
this passage" is hardly clear. Does it mean that the Holy Spirit together
with Rom.1:20 has led Davies et al to infer a designer? If so, it's false:
There is no evidence that Rom.1:20 has played any role in their thinking.

But most importantly, the claim their inference is the work of the Holy
Spirit, in the distinctive way in which the NT speaks of the Holy Spirit, is
baseless. The Spirit testifies to Christ, not to a generic "designer." Cf.
John 15:26, 16:14, I Corinthians 12:3 &c.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Walley" <john_walley@yahoo.com>
To: "'David Campbell'" <pleuronaia@gmail.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:41 PM
Subject: RE: [asa] Romans 1:20

What has been conspicuously absent from this thread on Rom 1:20 and natural
revelation is any substantive response to the fact that many secular
non-religious types like Davies and Hoyle and Flew all infer a designer from
nature.

Since this is obviously the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of these
unbelievers working on them in conjunction with the teachings of this
passage, it should be obvious that it is counterproductive to try to erect a
theology against it.

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Received on Tue Nov 13 21:16:21 2007