Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Two Things I Thought Today

  1. Just as if there was no light you would never know that you couldn’t see, so too must God exist or we could not conceive of such a notion that exists separated from our mortal experience.  The fact that our souls cry for fulfillment in things not of our Earthly experience proves that ultimate satisfaction comes from something beyond our finite perception.

  2. As far as orginis are concerned, you basically have two options:

  • Man, of his own accord and while governed by the natural law, transcended the natural law and created order out of chaos,
    or
  • Something, outside of our concept of existence, created both the natural law and it's inhabitants in order that they may live in a semi-predictable environment.

    Now, all that's left is for you to decide which is more logical.

What do you think?

 

2 comments:

Hilary said...

ever read the case for faith by Lee Strobel? Think you'd like it

EJ said...

This sounds much like Anselm's ontological argument regarding the existence of God. Unfortunately, I think there are a lot of issues related to his argument.
I think it's potential that the "notion" of an existence of a greater being is rooted in just human understanding of the world around us. At one time, many people worshipped the sun thinking it was a supreme being because they did not understand the world around them. So, is it not possible that the notion could originate from just the human need for understanding that which it doesn't already understand of the world around them?
While I don't think man of his own accord did anything to create order out of chaos...I do not necessarily think that purely points to god being a Creator.
-Erica