tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post116318321446917828..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: On God & mathRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1163208855968491582006-11-10T20:34:00.000-05:002006-11-10T20:34:00.000-05:00"From there, we've spawned all manner of interesti..."From there, we've spawned all manner of interesting notions. But the basic knowledge is there; the only question before us is whether to pursue or suppress it."<BR/><BR/>Yes, but that's all up to God's eternal decree. (Rom. 9, Eph. 1)etc. So if man is blind and supressing the truth, it's God who decreed this to happen before the foundations of the world.<BR/><BR/>The problem is, why would God decree that people would be eternally damned? So he can be glorified? Hum? makes you wonder how God could be gloried by doing that, especially since He could have decreed that none of us would sin in the first place, kind of like what heavens suppose to be like, yeah, that's it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1163205716249550242006-11-10T19:41:00.000-05:002006-11-10T19:41:00.000-05:00Paul would argue quite the opposite, that within e...Paul would argue quite the opposite, that within every human breast lies the certain and irreducible knowledge of God (<A HREF="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%201.18-32;&version=49;" REL="nofollow">Romans 1:18ff</A>).<BR/><BR/>The apostle is upheld by the phenomena of religious belief in every society known to history, from the most highly organized empires to the most isolated and fractured clans. We all know God exists. We know there is at work a divine power from whom the world sprang into existence, and in whom resides the power to change our destinies for good or ill.<BR/><BR/>From there, we've spawned all manner of interesting notions. But the basic knowledge is there; the only question before us is whether to pursue or suppress it.NEBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05832082589817272303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1163185070000830182006-11-10T13:57:00.000-05:002006-11-10T13:57:00.000-05:00I wonder if knowledge of God can rightly be consid...I wonder if knowledge of God can rightly be considered an axion. Usually, a qualifying feature of an axiom (from what I can tell) is that it has to be irreducible in nature, like the senses I guess.<BR/><BR/>But since knowledge of God requires reading the Scriptures and gaining an understanding of them, there can be quite a few steps between A (no knowledge of God) and B (sufficient knowledge of God). On the other hand, a lot of things that are considered axioms (like the senses) are more complex than they appear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com