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To: Alamo-Girl; kosta50; betty boop; hosepipe; Forest Keeper; HarleyD; wmfights; blue-duncan; ...
I assert that a thing is true because God speaks it.

AMEN!

"When asked to give the basis and starting point for the orderly universe and all external reality, the Christian points to the self-contained, omnipresent all-powerful, all-wise God of Scripture.   

When the non-Christian is asked to give the basis and starting for the orderly universe and external reality, he points to literally nothing. All has risen from nothing by the irrational mechanism of chance. When asked if something can miraculously pop into being from nothing in an instant the non-Christian vigorously responds in the negative. Instant miracles are out of the question! But when asked if something can come out of nothing if given several billion years, the non-Christian confidently responds in the affirmative. As Van Til, has noted, the non-Christian overlooks the fact that if one zero equals zero, then a billion zeros can equal only zero.  Thus, the Christian has a more than adequate reason for the universe, whereas the non-Christian has no reason whatsoever..."

From --

LET GOD BE TRUE:
A Brief Defense of the Christian Faith
by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr.

14,253 posted on 05/08/2007 11:56:26 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Thank you so much for that precious excerpt! So very true.
14,259 posted on 05/08/2007 12:08:32 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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