All who are going through my study on Sunday afternoon, I wanted to remind you to be looking for examples of perspectives people have concerning psychology. How do these perspectives line up with what we know through God's revelation about the human condition? Be on the lookout and be ready to share on Sunday some of the things you find.
I also wanted to continue our discussion about biology. If there is one thing you understand from this discussion, understand this: It's not just about faith. Sure, faith is an important part of a relationship with God. But when it comes to knowing certain truths about God and the world He created, we don't have to rely solely on faith, because these truths are based on logic and scientific fact.
The problem with the world (and sometimes with us too) is that we tend to separate God from the other things in our lives. Scientist have done this in their study of the world. But this makes no sense if God is real. If God is real, then science that does not acknowledge Him isn't science at all.
But how do we know that God is real? Because of his general revelation. Remember that from our study of theology? The mere existence of anything - any matter - proves that something intervened to create it. That something would have to be of a higher intelligence than the thing it created. So look at all of creation. The something that created all of this would have to be...God. Right? And wouldn't it make sense that this creator would have a purpose for its creation? And if so, wouldn't it make sense that this creator would want to make its purpose and itself known to its creation? Of course. And He has. Our whole system of beliefs is based on this revelation.
I know this is all pretty elementary stuff, but what I'm trying to do is to get you to think about something: God is real! "Of course He is," you say. But really let it sink in. God is real. He is a legitimate part of reality. His existence and lordship over this world makes perfect logical sense, whether scientists realize it or not. If you are a supernaturalist (and based on our study of philosophy, this is the only rational choice), then it only makes sense to recognize God as being a part of reality and thus a part of science. I believe it's important to take a step back and look at these things from an elementary perspective sometimes. There are lots of worldviews out there. If you don't really break down and understand the details of what you believe, it's easy to get lost in all the lies.
So, anyway. Leave some comments. Let's keep this discussion going.
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Wednesday, April 05, 2006
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Two days since I made this post and still no comments. C'mon now guys. Have we lost the spirit of the blog here?
Aww, well I'm still here. ^_^
I just don't entirely understand all that we've been discussing. I feel a bit lost.
I wasn't even remotely interested in these types of things until the middle of last year when my faith finally got off the ground.. So the rest of you guys are probably a few years ahead of my tiny knowledge. =P
Though with the whole proving that God is really here kind of thing, that's been on my mind a lot here lately..
On the way back from Church last week I just stared at the trees as they were passing by and I tried to find a reasonable explanation for them being here if it wasn't for God creating them. The thing was, I just simply couldn't find any other explanation. The more I tried to find some other way for them being here the more I felt a cold disconnected feeling, like somehow I didn't understand how everything in the world got here.
Ever since childhood I've been told that God created everything living and growing. But when I looked at it from a perspective of these things not being created by God. I felt a strange fear and the world seemed so confusingly huge. This must be how non-Christians feel, everything being such a massive unknown world. Sometimes they don't even know how or why they exist, and that's really sad..
I know that my take on things is kind of a watered-down version of the stuff we've been discussing.
I apologize for my lack of knowledge in this area, but I'm learning. ^_^
Well, learning is the whole idea, isn't it?
This book is very interesting. I go by the lesson plan that's provided on the CD-ROM, but the book goes much deeper. I wish we had time on Sundays to look at some of this stuff more deeply.
Yeah, but if we stick to the plan, the study should last somewhere around 12 weeks. That's kinda pushing it. People are gonna start losing interest by the time summer rolls around. But if we can continue the discussions here on the blog like I'm wanting to, we should be able to squeeze a little more out of it.
Yeah, me too.
Well, I think I might go ahead and try a post for the psychology discussion. Maybe that one will get more response than this one did.
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