John W. Burgeson wrote:
>
> George Murphy made what is to me a puzzling comment when he wrote at the
> end of a reply to Bill Payne:
>
> >>...one reason a scientist who is a Christian should ask "What's
> missing?" is
> belief that God created a world which is understandable "though God were
> not given.">>
>
> When I was a non-Christian physicist, I did indeed take as a presumption
> the statement "The world is, to a very large extent, understandable."
>
> When I became a Christian, that presumption did not change, although its
> wording did change to "God created a world which is, to a very large
> extent, understandable."
>
> But I don't know that the presumption ever took on the status of a belief
> statement. That seems to elevate it to a higher status than it deserves.
I did not mean that this statement (that God created a world which is
understandable "though God were not given") is dogma, to be held "with the certainty
of faith." It is a "theological opinion" (one not unique to or original with me) -
but I think one with considerable support.
Shalom,
George
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George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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