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To: fishtank
Augustine of Hippo had to address wackso like these guys in the 5th Century: With the scriptures it is a matter of treating about the faith. For that reason, as I have noted repeatedly, if anyone, not understanding the mode of divine eloquence, should find something about these matters [about the physical universe] in our books, or hear of the same from those books, of such a kind that it seems to be at variance with the perceptions of his own rational faculties, let him believe that these other things are in no way necessary to the admonitions or accounts or predictions of the scriptures. In short, it must be said that our authors knew the truth about the nature of the skies, but it was not the intention of the Spirit of God, who spoke through them, to teach men anything that would not be of use to them for their salvation.
18 posted on 02/16/2017 9:06:39 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

it was not the intention of the Spirit of God, who spoke through them, to teach men anything that would not be of use to them for their salvation.


Quite a variation from Islam, that says you do not need to know anything outside of the Koran.


22 posted on 02/16/2017 9:15:54 AM PST by marktwain (We wanted to tell our side of the story. We hope by us telling our story...)
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To: C19fan
I believe that the truth of God is not only in the scriptures but also in the laws and nature of the universe, his creation.

Here is an article that comes close to my thoughts and God and science:
PHYSICS AND THE MIND OF GOD: THE TEMPLETON PRIZE ADDRESS by Paul Davies, August 1995

38 posted on 02/16/2017 10:14:27 AM PST by WMarshal (President Trump, a president keeping his promises to the American people. It feels like winning.)
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