At 7:37 Philisophical Foundations?? Yes, Church teaching is unashamebly based on Greek philosophy. " *Beware* lest *any man* spoil you through *philosophy* and vain deceit, after the *tradition of men* , after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ (Col 2:5).
Creation is an ongoing process and it happens naturally. How about viewing Nature itself as God? Nature is unique and consists of everything natural, but devoid of anything unnatural. Of course, Nature is not simple. It is beyond human comprehension, but we can experience its presence.
I'm stuck between the view which you mention, that God IS Nature vs a more dualistic view which Nature, and by extension reality, is a creation which is constantly moving towards entropy and chaos and God represents the order which governs that chaos. I would apply this to both the physical realm, such as gravity and matter, and the moral realm, which constitutes human behavior. I tend to lean towards the latter, but I'm not sure if it's due to my preferred bias, or due to it being more reasonable than the former.
Nature is maintaining and recycling life. God created, Life from non life. "By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast" (Psalm 33:6,9).
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At 7:37 Philisophical Foundations??
Yes, Church teaching is unashamebly based on Greek philosophy.
" *Beware* lest *any man* spoil you through *philosophy* and vain deceit, after the *tradition of men* , after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ (Col 2:5).
Creation is an ongoing process and it happens naturally. How about viewing Nature itself as God? Nature is unique and consists of everything natural, but devoid of anything unnatural. Of course, Nature is not simple. It is beyond human comprehension, but we can experience its presence.
I'm stuck between the view which you mention, that God IS Nature vs a more dualistic view which Nature, and by extension reality, is a creation which is constantly moving towards entropy and chaos and God represents the order which governs that chaos. I would apply this to both the physical realm, such as gravity and matter, and the moral realm, which constitutes human behavior. I tend to lean towards the latter, but I'm not sure if it's due to my preferred bias, or due to it being more reasonable than the former.
Nature is maintaining and recycling life. God created, Life from non life.
"By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast" (Psalm 33:6,9).