John W Burgeson wrote:
> Vernon wrote: " I'm left wondering what you make of "I am the way, the
> truth,
> and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (Jn.14:6). "
>
> Fair question. I take it at face value. I do NOT, however, see it as
> saying "only Christians" will "come to the father." I think Jesus (God)
> is bigger than that.
>
> "Your mentioning Gosse's OMPHALOS is most appropriate at this time. From
> my reading of the Scriptures, your suggestion that the concept of
> 'apparent age' must, necessarily, imply divine deceit, is incorrect."
>
> Interesting, because I argued just that point myself on this list about a
> year ago, based on Gosse's thesis. Please take a look at the materials I
> mentioned. I must admit I argued it more as "devil's advocate" than
> because I really held the position; George Murphy (I think) was the one
> that shot down my arguments most persuasively. (Not convincingly, George,
> but almost so).
In fairness to Gosse I ought to reiterate that 140 years ago one
could reasonably argue that any
mode of creation of the universe must result in artifacts having "apparent
ages" that differe from their real ages. It's only developments of 20th
century physics that have led us to understand (or to have good reason to
believe we can understand) the development of planetary systems, stars,
nuclei and atoms, and perhaps matter and space-time, that we can see that
that's not necessary.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
"The Science-Theology Interface"
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