In Reply to: Faith, Reason, God and Other Imponderables posted by moonshiner on July 25, 2006 at 18:37:02:
First question: What kind of a academic degree do you have in the subject/field of biology, chemistry, physics, math?Please answer a bit more to the point then in the "stupid" gender problematic.
Next: according to the Bible, God can be very near & very far...sin seperates us from Him - you should be female?!to refer to Him as her...yes, I know a bit about feminist theology and the joke, "when she first practiced (a bit) she created the man".... -which makes atheist think, He doesn't exist.In Christ we're reconciled with Him, so he is "nearer" to us believers.
I like the anekdote about St. Augustine, if I remember right...the ocean doesn't fit in a little hole/ditch at the seashore, as little as God fits in your or my brain.
You are too fond of the mere possibilities of the mind!!!!!!!!!!!...also Christ dwells in the heart of the believer most of all, that HE also rules more and more over the brain...is"logic"...however sins and delusions - see TF - are not excludable...even for a young(or old) - in faith- believer...(but you get a bit wiser with time)
Have you ever seen a very beautiful woman, a super serenic scene...felt some incredible peace,
very much love, had some healing of inner wounds or sickness and and and (the list is very long)......and came to the conclusion: this isn't "logic", that it happened by chance...?????
Are you hitting the keyboard by the way by chance???Why not???
I think you have little education in the field of
probability....as many biologist have... there is just a random education for biologists in physics & math...too little to make such sweeping statements as they do.I take heart in the fact, that great mathematicians - for me the "kingly" subject in the fields of all sciences- had still faith in God...my, were they "ill-logical" (How come, they were so logical, that you & I can't master with the time (and skill) left, the heights and spheres of their logic?Ever thought about it??Certainly they were smart enough to give in to some "logic" of your kind, if it were so logical.
So many medium smart unbelievers don't make up for such little smart theory, even if it gets repeated to the xth time in the media...that's where they're great at, hitting the drums in campaigns.
Please read some more books...news pubs are as best by some mediocre science-reporters.