One of the reasons that the Greeks had to develop logic and philosophy was because their gods were inadequate to explain the world they lived in.
At the other end, the God of the Bible was quite adequate to explain the universe and everything about it. The problem is that explanation is ultimately beyond us. It moves beyond our ability to comprehend and keeps going. Thus He had to reach out to us to teach us about Him and about whom He was. That brings us to the ultimate revelation of Jesus. We don’t have to figure out the world by logic. We’ll figure out the universe by listening to the lessons God gives us. Those lessons come home in Jesus.
Of course that understanding also lays the groundwork for a confidence in the laws of God’s nature which makes modern science possible. What is interesting is that if scientists were truely open to what they are seeing they would be forced to postulate at least the existence of some kind of Prime Mover, i.e. a supreme God. Too bad human pride refuses to see the obvious.
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Sunday, October 27, 2024
Opus 2024-345: Influence of the Gods
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