At 07:41 PM 11/30/2002 -0600, Mia McDavid wrote: >SKZB said: > > > > >This was pretty much the state of God until the reformation, when, with >the beginning advancement of science, and with the advent of >Protestantism, God became more of an original starter--that is, he created >the heaven and the earth and the laws that govern them, and then pretty >much let things run. > > > >And here again, I disagree that that became the general thought of, at >least, the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox, and protestant >churches. Yes, that's the Age of Enlightenment God the Clockmaker line of >thought, but it is not mainstream Christian theology. "Mainstream thought of Christian theology?" Hmmm. Isn't that like saying, "What all cats want to do at the same time?" > >In other words, one of the things God has always reflected is the >unknown. And, however much the cynics like to deny progress, we know a >*lot* more about how our world operates than we did 10,000 years ago--or a >hundred years ago. And it would be silly to imagine that conceptions of >God wouldn't change as knowledge of the world changed. > > > >I see. Are you, perhaps, trying to argue that the basis of our need for a >God(s) to believe in is to explain what we don't know in the universe? I >comprehend the argument, but disagree. Last I checked, disagreement with me was legal. Foolish, but legal. ;-)