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Originally posted by bobbobulau
OP I think your in the right direction but your not going to find direct evidence God using Physics. ( Other than the Guy who started the Big Bang). Our understanding is still too green.
So we check for his interactions and that's traditionally it's is more on the spiritual level, so got to use Sociology, Philosophy, etc...
Why did all society's evolve with an concept of God?
What would society be like if we had no concept of God?
How important is Faith?
Would we even have Science with out Faith?
I would also add since God has no beginning or end. His perception of time is non -liner.
So past and future is all present to his perception. It also makes him consistent in his views i.e. he is not going to change his mind.
We have more than enough understanding of physics to notice points in time where the laws of physics have been inexplicably violated...aka miracles.
xcept for...creating the universe, directly intervening...
And what does philosophy have to do with spirituality?
And sociology is a method of understanding societies using scientific methodology...so that's not really a spiritual thing either.
They didn't. Most that we're aware of did, but we've found at least one isolate culture that has no such conception.
Concept? Well, we'd have vastly different fiction...but that's an odd question to ask. I don't believe in unicorns but I happen to have the concept.
Not.
Yes.
Assertion from speculation...
Then it is a logically contradictory being. It is the architect of all things yet is unable to assert free will.
Originally posted by kaleshchand
God is all powerful.
Who said that miracles couldn’t be explained by Science. They may have not been able at the time they occurred due to the lack of human knowledge. After all God created the Universe so he is familiar with it’s capabilities. Also what makes a miracle is the timing. Understand the purpose of the miracle.
Ya, but we aren’t technically capable to do it. Unless you have some data to explain who started the Big Bang? I don't think it’s not gonging to happen just not any time soon.
Correct, my suggestion was to use different scientific discipline to prove the existence of God. I believe we could find evidence of him though his interaction and his effects on society.
Did the concept of unicorns help shape the society you live in for the better?
Did it influence the Woman’s Rights or the Civil Rights movements?
Did it proved the foundations of justice or law?
Are you influenced by society or do you live in a bubble?
Explain why would a Scientist do all his research and publish it, if he didn’t have Faith in his concept? It’s not like the scientific community is open to new ideas. Where Einstein, Newton, etc.. ideas accepted from the scientific community on face value?
Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Sorry, Faith is one of the most important aspects to humanity. With out it how would we develop the ability to look beyond our immediate environment?
“Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure’” (Isaiah 46:9–10).
Just because you don’t change your mind doesn’t mean you don’t have free will. Free Will is making a choice on your own accord.
Romans 9:11-13 - (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth. It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Deuteronomy 30:19 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.
Originally posted by Cuppy
reply to post by novastrike81
That Romans quote was from Jacob talking about his sons, last I check, he wasn't considered a prophet of God, unlike Moses. And that's not even covering the fact that the point you were trying to illustrate WASN'T IN THE QUOTE.
Not contradictory.
Originally posted by novastrike81
Your apologetic attempt to dismiss that quote was weak at best. First, Jacob didn't have a son named Jacob. This passage is saying God has the right to save who he wants to save and damn whomever he feels like it. Most of us call this favoritism. Unless you want to spin it off to mean whatever you like as most Christians do; which is where your quote is leading to.
Originally posted by Cuppy
Originally posted by novastrike81
Your apologetic attempt to dismiss that quote was weak at best. First, Jacob didn't have a son named Jacob. This passage is saying God has the right to save who he wants to save and damn whomever he feels like it. Most of us call this favoritism. Unless you want to spin it off to mean whatever you like as most Christians do; which is where your quote is leading to.
Where the hell did you get apologetic? I got it wrong, it was Isaac talking. And I would say that your interpretation is a stretched attempt to bring Christians down at best.
I have no idea what that passage means but it doesn't call for favoritism, man.
Originally posted by novastrike81
It was Paul talking. Have you read the Bible, I'm just curious. It's not meant to be a personal attack; it just degrades the learning process and creates unnecessary conflict. I'm showing you what the Bible says. If you think I'm being mean then fine. It says that God loves Jacob and hates Esau.
I also realize there is different interpretations of this passage as well. It just shows that even Christians can't agree on what the Bible should mean. You can stretch a lot of passages to mean what you want.