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With Brexit out of the way (?!) can we now turn to more momentous issues? I refer to those posed by St Augustine in reference to Creation; Who made it? By what means? & Why?
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Chances are, IMO (although I'm open to persuasion)
No one made it. It's always there in infinite forms because time is an illusion and all possibilities/probabilities exist simultaneously.
It not having been made, there were no means to make it. It's existence is the inevitable default situation.
It not having been made but always there, there is no why. Although perhaps use can be made of it.
No one made it. It's always there in infinite forms because time is an illusion and all possibilities/probabilities exist simultaneously.
It not having been made, there were no means to make it. It's existence is the inevitable default situation.
It not having been made but always there, there is no why. Although perhaps use can be made of it.
//I am convinced by the evidence, that God made it.
By what means? By His Word, He spoke it into existence. God speaks, His Word goes forth, and does not return until that which has been spoken has been accomplished.
Why? Because it was His will and His pleasure//
If 'God's words are so powerful as to bring into existence an unimaginably huge and complex universe and a planet teaming with life...then one has to wonder why he is so concerned with a bit of skin at the end of a Hebrews penis or why he is so concerned about people wearing clothing made of two different materials.
Shouldn't he be more concerned about pedophilia (no commandments about that in the top ten...or elsewhere for that matter)
Or giving us some REAL prophecies
(Like predicting the advent of the internet)
Or straight out telling us that he will be returning in the year 2525
(Or some such)
Why is it all a guessing game?
By what means? By His Word, He spoke it into existence. God speaks, His Word goes forth, and does not return until that which has been spoken has been accomplished.
Why? Because it was His will and His pleasure//
If 'God's words are so powerful as to bring into existence an unimaginably huge and complex universe and a planet teaming with life...then one has to wonder why he is so concerned with a bit of skin at the end of a Hebrews penis or why he is so concerned about people wearing clothing made of two different materials.
Shouldn't he be more concerned about pedophilia (no commandments about that in the top ten...or elsewhere for that matter)
Or giving us some REAL prophecies
(Like predicting the advent of the internet)
Or straight out telling us that he will be returning in the year 2525
(Or some such)
Why is it all a guessing game?
I can't be bothered going over all the old ground we have covered in the past.
It is not a competition with winners and losers.
I am simply stating my opinions.
Some things puzzle you, but can be explained.
For example, circumcision and not wearing two types of cloth.
Judaism was a living religion, with lots of symbolism.
Circumcision was a sign of the Abrahamic covenant.
The Israelites were not to fraternise with neighbouring nations for fear of adapting their ways.
Hence, not mixing threads, or sowing together two types of crop.
Constant reminders of their exclusiveness.
It is not a competition with winners and losers.
I am simply stating my opinions.
Some things puzzle you, but can be explained.
For example, circumcision and not wearing two types of cloth.
Judaism was a living religion, with lots of symbolism.
Circumcision was a sign of the Abrahamic covenant.
The Israelites were not to fraternise with neighbouring nations for fear of adapting their ways.
Hence, not mixing threads, or sowing together two types of crop.
Constant reminders of their exclusiveness.
