tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462316921951494983.post7829588074910636596..comments2024-02-24T01:00:54.885-08:00Comments on Liberal Anglicanism in Sydney...Pie in the Sky: Phillip Jensen uses the tragedy of 9/11 to persecute atheistsCalamity Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02077852180140033409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462316921951494983.post-44311015817884808952011-09-15T01:34:21.303-07:002011-09-15T01:34:21.303-07:00Thank you MarcusThank you MarcusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462316921951494983.post-30448049827843634912011-09-13T22:16:47.017-07:002011-09-13T22:16:47.017-07:00Yes, you are absolutely correct when you say every...Yes, you are absolutely correct when you say everyone has a knowledge of a Biblical God even without reading the Bible. This is what's called general revelation. <br /><br />Romans 1 says 'For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.'<br /><br />However, only by reading the Bible will someone come to really know God. This is special revelation. You cannot really know someone unless someone chooses to reveal himself to you. In this case, the Bible is God revealing himself to us through his word, and, with the work of the holy spirit, come to a right understanding of God and His purposes.<br /><br />In no way does the Bible view some as 'lesser' than any other. From God's point of view, everyone has sinned and turned away. The only difference between a Christian and a non-Christian is that Christians are forgiven sinners because they have put their trust in Jesus who's died for their sins.Marcusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462316921951494983.post-35842112233074638802011-09-12T05:02:30.363-07:002011-09-12T05:02:30.363-07:00Anonymous said...
Thanks Marcus, your comment is ...Anonymous said... <br />Thanks Marcus, your comment is appreciated. Are you implying that everyone has a knowledge of a Biblical God, even without reading the Bible? Or are you implying that the Holy Spirit is at work within everyone? If it is the latter, then surely there is no need for such a heavy reliance upon Scripture because that kind of God would be inherently universal, and we would all have the same understanding of right from wrong. All this is hypothetical from my point of view, but what is not hypothetical is that when someone embraces fundamentalist dogma, which declares that some people are of lesser worth than others, then this often incites the actual violence that is deemed as evil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462316921951494983.post-11180780542776248232011-09-12T01:00:13.030-07:002011-09-12T01:00:13.030-07:00Not quite. He's saying that everyone has a kno...Not quite. He's saying that everyone has a knowledge of God, and this is why people do have a sense of right and wrong, good and evil. It's just that atheists choose not to acknowledge this truth but have 'exchanged the truth of God for a lie' as Romans 1 puts it.Marcusnoreply@blogger.com