Who Knows More, Us or
God?
Who Knows More, Us or
God?
[An excerpt: Who Knows More, Us or God? by Steve Ham] "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth, tell me if you have understanding? (Job 38:4)...[W]ho knows more, us or God?
We can know many things. We know that triangles only have three sides. We know
that you can add two numbers together and get a logical result. We know that
gravity causes objects thrown in the air to return to the ground. We know that
murder and stealing is wrong.
We know this because all knowledge concerning logic, natural law, and morality
has an originator (i.e., God). We can understand logic, natural law, and
morality because they are at work around us all of the time and it makes perfect
sense. But we are “within” the world and its laws and not the originator of it.
Now imagine being Job and sitting in a pile of dust after having lost your
family, your wealth, and even your health. You have no idea how this could have
happened and why it would specifically happen to you. Your friends are giving
you their understanding based on their own philosophical formulas and your wife
is telling you to blame God for it all. Not a very nice place to be in, is it?
Even after knowing the consequences of sin and how it has affected the world we
live in, we see Job, a sinner and yet a righteous man, scraping boils from his
skin with broken pottery. Job didn’t have all the information about what
happened to him, and his friends and wife relied solely on their own human
reason apart from God. None of them knew about the satanic attack he was
undergoing or God’s purpose in it happening. In his devastating confusion, Job
was reminded by God that there was One infinitely more knowledgeable than him.
The Bible lays claims to this perfect wisdom—for which humans have no
capacity—that originates in God. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
knowledge but fools despise wisdom and instruction” ( Proverbs 1:7).
We cannot know all there is to know about everything—good or bad. We are limited
in knowledge. But there is One who created the entire universe who has knowledge
of its workings—both now and in the future." Full Text: Who Knows
More, Us or God? by Steve Ham
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2010/05/17/who-know-more-god
Response to comment [from a "Christian"]: "You believe dirt turned into people, dinosaurs lived with people and DNA just knows to magically change itself in a coordinated fashion in response to the environment. All of this in the face of zero evidence (aside from a picture someone made in the 1st century AD). I don't think your characterization of anyone else's scientific ideas has any value at all."
Did the writers of scripture have any value at all if they were scientifically inaccurate? If so, why?
Response to comment [from an "atheist"]: "Do you mean the writers themselves, or what they wrote? im sure the writers had some basic human value, like the rest of us."
"My sperm cells are mine (Gamera)." :shocked: http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2348373#poststop
Response to comment [from an "atheist"]: "There are so many meanings given to the word "faith" that I think its one of the most worthless words around..."
This a public service announcement--this is only a test: Your "Christianity" may
impair your ability to operate machinery.
Response to comment [from other]: "Is this supposed to answer a my question or something? I guess robots can't stray too far from the programming."
You're so charming. You're so charming. beep hominem. beep
hominem.
Response to comment [from a Christian]: [A rant] "Does anybody know what this was all about?"
No clue.
But
the thread is about Biblical authority.
Response to comment [from a "Christian"]: [Green Day Lyrics: "This a public service announcement--this is only a test..."] "[Y]ou need to have clear vision."
But I can see clearly now because the
rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Acts
9:18
