-— The problem is that spiritual truths are spiritually discerned, and man, by his own wisdom, cannot come into spiritual truth through human reasoning and thinking (philosophy as it were). -—
FYI, that’s a metaphysical claim.
Since Jesus is Truth Itself, all truth is God’s truth. The ancient pagan philosophers who followed truth, to the best of their abilities, were following Jesus implicitly.
Paul told these ancient Greeks that he would tell them more about their “unknown god,” because he had the benefit of having received divine revelation, inaccessible by reason alone.
No, it's not. God tells us that in Scripture.
Paul told these ancient Greeks that he would tell them more about their unknown god, because he had the benefit of having received divine revelation, inaccessible by reason alone.
You just countered your own claim.......
The existence of God is evident by the world around us, which is bad news as that does nothing but condemn us.