Posted on 06/20/2009 6:18:21 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
Atheism, for Good Reason, Fears Questions
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That theists and open-minded agnostics and atheists on the pro-Darwinist side of this debate are finally engaging the same fundamentalist atheist dogma that intelligent design proponents have engaged for several decades is a good sign. Fundamentalist atheists are of course fighting back ferociously, because they understand, as perhaps the accomodationists dont, the profound implications of an understanding of the natural world that is not causally closed.
Teleology is obvious in nature. Atheists and materialists intrinsically deny the reality of teleology-- Aristotelian final causation-- in nature, yet nothing in the natural world can be understood without reference to teleology. Science is saturated with reference to purpose and goals of natural things. Atheists deny teleology, because acceptance of teleology in nature raises devastating questions about their atheist faith.
Fundamentalist atheists-- secular priests-- fight ferociously to extinguish challenges to their faith, because they understand that to raise the question of teleology in nature is to answer it. Atheism, for good reason, fears questions.
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Just don't ask me how long a day was in the mind of the writer. [excerpt]Okay, I won't. ;-)
If they found that one did run faster, I bet there would be much disagreement as to 'why'. [excerpt]With the Earth orbiting the Sun, and the Moon orbiting the Earth, the Moon's absolute velocity goes through a cycle that coincides with the lunar cycle.
If GOD wrote directly into the Bible, and described EXACTLY how the Universe came about (or that it always was, and why), no one would have understood a word of it.
What we have is a description written by man, inspired by God, but in words that men understood, at the time the author wrote it.
God's point in the Bible is not to explain the 'science' of how our Universe works, but to teach us to love God and each other, and live a full life.
Again, the truth is there, but a lot of the details are missing. Also, one must remember that there are many statements in the Bible that require a knowledge of the 'context' of the world at the time.
For instance, why a camel can't get through the eye of a needle.
If that is true, then nobody really knows what time it is. No wonder the moon rises late sometimes.
If that is true, then nobody really knows what time it is. No wonder the moon rises late sometimes.Its only a difference of ±1 km/s, so the effect that the Moon's velocity might have on a clock on its surface may be hard to detect.
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