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
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...)
To: C19fan
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.)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson