Post no. 3 Naturalism described

These major systems are utterly opposed, Christianity and naturalism. If we are going to understand and find the truth we must seek to comprehend the full implications of what we believe.

Naturalism is the idea that nature is all that exists
Wikipedia defines naturalism:In philosophy, naturalism is the "idea or belief that only natural (as opposed to supernatural or spiritual) laws and forces operate in the world."^[1] Adherents of naturalism (i.e., naturalists) assert that natural laws are the rules that govern the structure and behavior of the natural universe, that the changing universe at every stage is a product of these laws."

Those that believe in naturalism say that life is just a chance collision of atoms, evolving eventually into human life as we know it today. In its broadest sense, naturalism can even accommodate certain forms of religion - those in which the spiritual is conceived as completely inherent within nature such as neo-pagan and New Age religions.

By contrast Christianity teaches that there is a transcendent God (i.e.In religion, transcendence refers to the aspect of a God's nature and power which is wholly independent of the material universe, beyond all known physical laws. This is contrasted with immanence, where God is said to be fully present in the physical world and thus accessible to creatures in various ways.) God existed before the world existed and who is the ultimate origin of everything else. The Universe is dependent at every moment on His Providential Guidance and Care.

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No.9. How did the whole Universe Begin?

Notes from Colson p.57 -67 Scientists have completely reversed their theories in the past few decades. They thought for ages that the Physical Universe was eternal and therefore needs no 'creator'. Now they postulate that the universe did have an ultimate origin and that it began at a finite time in the past - just as the Bible teaches. Many ancient cultures believed that the material from which the Universe came was eternal. However, today "the indestructibility or permanence of matter" is a scientific fact" wrote a 19th Century proponent of materialism. For many years that is how things stood. Any thought of a Creator and the earth having a beginning was just bare religious faith standing in lonely opposition to established science. Now in the 20th Century several sources of new evidence appeared : the implications from general relativity theory that the Universe is expanding; that some stars exhibit "red shift", implying that they are moving out

No 26. Salvation through Sex

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No.26. The Problem of a Good GOD and the Presence of EVIL (cont.)

Notes Taken from Colson and Pearcey pps 209 and 210 #2 Deny that suffering and evil even exist. Some people try to solve the problem of evil and suffering on earth saying they are merely illusions created by their own minds. Christian Science Monitor At Christian Scientists' meeting, This is the strategy adopted by Christian Science and by some Eastern religions. Hinduism say that the physical universe is all an Illusion (maya) and that suffering of the body is just a misconception of the MIND. If we just train ourselves to think correctly, we can overcome all suffering through realising it does not exist. [Maya] According to many schools of Hinduism , the world is an illusion, a play of the supreme consciousness of God. It is a projection of things and forms that are temporarily phenomenal and sustain the illusion of oneness and permanence. Is this world just a Maya Illusion. Can we really life with such a Philosophy of den

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