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Author Topic:   Can Christians Believe That God Is Immanant In The Natural World?
Phat
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Message 3 of 88 (409613)
07-10-2007 2:12 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by anastasia
07-10-2007 2:02 PM


Blueprints
Anastasia writes:
Evolution shows that there is no need for a plan. Man may or may not have been a result of its action.
Does a plan need a planner or can a plan be defined as a blueprint that is observed over a period of time?

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Phat
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Message 7 of 88 (409644)
07-10-2007 4:54 PM
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07-10-2007 3:47 PM


The origins of human awareness
anastasia writes:
Either God created us, or we created Him.
Assume for a moment that a person believes that in the knowable sense, we create God in our own minds. Assume also that we allow ourselves, through gathering of evidence, to speculate how the universe began.
In that sense, humanity is forming a hypothesis. We are in a sense making a blueprint based on what we know and have evidence for. Archeologist's piece together evidence, as do Cosmologists.
Personally, I believe that God created us long before we even had the capacity to imagine/create Him. Are you suggesting that God is within all humanity and gives us the intelligence to question anything?
If so, that is a good theory of imminence.
Mr.Dictionary writes:
Immanence is a religious and philosophical concept. It is derived from the Latin words, in and manere, the original meaning being "to exist or remain within".
A Theistic Evolutionist would perhaps be comfortable with the concept.

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