RE: [asa] Romans 1:20

Quoting John Walley <john_walley@yahoo.com>:

> Suppose then this person converts to deism still from a purely secular point
> of view and then starts exploring all the world's religions to see if any of
> their testable truth claims can survive the scrutiny of being compared to
> the scientific record. And suppose then that after eliminating all the
> others they conclude that Christianity is valid and real and the Bible is
> inspired, and therefore they become a Christian.
>
> In this scenario, can we so confidently say that "that natural theology does
> *not* lead a person to Christ" ?
>
> Choose your answer carefully because that person is Hugh Ross and that is
> exactly his testimony.
>
> Thanks
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> John
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
> Behalf Of Don Nield
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:21 PM
> To: John Walley
> Cc: 'George Murphy'; 'David Campbell'; asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: Re: [asa] Romans 1:20
>
> In a recent interview with Benjamin Wiker, Antony Flew has explicitly
> said that he is now a deist, not a theist. His case is a very good
> illustration of George's point that natural theorlogy does *not* lead a
> person to Christ.
> Don
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> John Walley wrote:
> > How can you deny that Flew's conversion to theism is the work of the Holy
> > Spirit? He is not going to get straight to Christ without passing through
> > these intermediate steps along the way. And even if he never does it
> doesn't
> > prove it still wasn't the work of the Spirit. But it is ridiculous to say
> > that because he isn't all the way there yet that it wasn't God trying to
> get
> > him there.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
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Received on Fri Nov 16 15:18:39 2007