How God works (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Sunday, January 20, 2013, 02:34 (4671 days ago) @ dhw

DHW, In my research I found a quote here that pretty much sums up the crux of our argument. Though the original writer was talking about prophecy specifically, I think it is equally applicable. -
"But nothing is gained by a mere answer to objec- 
tions, so long as the original prejudice, " there cannot 
be supernatural prophecy," remains. Be the objec- 
tions ever so completely removed, unbelief remains 
unshaken, because these objections are put forward to 
delude others, scarcely to blind itself; for they who 
believe not, know well that the ground of their unbe- 
lief rests on their conceptions of God and of His rela- 
tion to man, not on history."~REV. E. B. PUSEY, D.D., DIVINITY SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD -
This is part of my frustration with David as well, though that is tied directly to the nature of prophecy. I get frustrated because I know that no matter how much evidence I can present, getting beyond unbelief is not something that I can accomplish.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.