Comments on: If God exists, why doesn’t he prove it? http://dawningrealm.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/if-god-exists-why-doesnt-he-prove-it/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:27:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Cougar http://dawningrealm.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/if-god-exists-why-doesnt-he-prove-it/#comment-60 Cougar Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:27:21 +0000 http://dawningrealm.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-60 Is Cougar correct in this application? Is Cougar correct in this application?

]]> By: Cougar http://dawningrealm.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/if-god-exists-why-doesnt-he-prove-it/#comment-59 Cougar Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:25:59 +0000 http://dawningrealm.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-59 Kierkegaard said that Man can know God only through Revelation, which must be accepted as Authoritative. My experience; It is God that removes the blinders from my eyes(evidenced by faith in the Redeemer), he has revealed much of his providence in the practice of this faith. God's providential revelations demand recognition and gives me the responsibility to submit to his Authority. Kierkegaard said that Man can know God only through Revelation, which must be accepted as Authoritative.
My experience; It is God that removes the blinders from my eyes(evidenced by faith in the Redeemer), he has revealed much of his providence in the practice of this faith. God’s providential revelations demand recognition and gives me the responsibility to submit to his Authority.

]]> By: DRB http://dawningrealm.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/if-god-exists-why-doesnt-he-prove-it/#comment-23 DRB Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:09:31 +0000 http://dawningrealm.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-23 Are the leaders of these communities really celebrating the message of the crucified God, or are they just exalting their own anti-intellectual ideas? There have always been those who despise creation, including the human intellect, as unspiritual according to their man-made, fleshly religion (Colossians 2:8-23). Ironically, they do so by relying on their own reasoning just as much as did the philosophers Kierkegaard criticized. According to him, since the Incarnation can never be understood by natural reason, it can only be accepted by faith. See 1 Corinthians 2. Are the leaders of these communities really celebrating the message of the crucified God, or are they just exalting their own anti-intellectual ideas? There have always been those who despise creation, including the human intellect, as unspiritual according to their man-made, fleshly religion (Colossians 2:8-23). Ironically, they do so by relying on their own reasoning just as much as did the philosophers Kierkegaard criticized.

According to him, since the Incarnation can never be understood by natural reason, it can only be accepted by faith. See 1 Corinthians 2.

]]> By: Bill http://dawningrealm.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/if-god-exists-why-doesnt-he-prove-it/#comment-22 Bill Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:54:17 +0000 http://dawningrealm.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-22 Powerfully argued. In fact the reasoning and rhetoric are so skillfullly argued that it makes me suspicious of its central argument. If God's message and methods are so counter to rhetoric and reason then why does it take someone like Kierkegaard or this author to understand and express it. It seems to me that it is possible to argue that what Jesus, Paul, and the New Testament condemn is the idolotrous use of reason and rhetoric not the God-given use. While a person does not have to be a technical scholar or intellecual giant to understand and embrace the faith, nevertheless, God's message does not contradict the correct use of God's creational gifts when they are exercised with humility and the fear of the Lord. I have been a part of communities that have outright disdain for reason and rhetoric in the name of foolishness. They are some of the most abusive and senseless environments on earth and they do it all while they celebrate the foolishness of the gospel. Powerfully argued. In fact the reasoning and rhetoric are so skillfullly argued that it makes me suspicious of its central argument. If God’s message and methods are so counter to rhetoric and reason then why does it take someone like Kierkegaard or this author to understand and express it. It seems to me that it is possible to argue that what Jesus, Paul, and the New Testament condemn is the idolotrous use of reason and rhetoric not the God-given use. While a person does not have to be a technical scholar or intellecual giant to understand and embrace the faith, nevertheless, God’s message does not contradict the correct use of God’s creational gifts when they are exercised with humility and the fear of the Lord. I have been a part of communities that have outright disdain for reason and rhetoric in the name of foolishness. They are some of the most abusive and senseless environments on earth and they do it all while they celebrate the foolishness of the gospel.

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