I have to write a thesis statement, and I can not think of a real life opposition to my arguement. The statement is
Although (what I need)______ believe that man can not learn about God through Nature, man can discover the existance of God and His grace through Nature because Nature is God's creation and therfore is a reflection of Him.
2007-02-26 06:42:05 · 10 answers · asked by Ashley 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People that believe a person can only see God through studying the non-physical. The people who believe that everything physical has nothing to do with God. That God is only spiritual, and Nature is not connected to the understanding of God.
2007-02-26 06:51:42 · update #1
The Bible is absolute fact.
2007-02-26 06:54:51 · update #2
People are not defined by why they do not believe, so you are phrasing your request in the negative.
The people you are looking for are people "Who believe you can only find God through _______" Be it spiritual introspection, whatever. If you can fill in my blank, I can fill in yours.
2007-02-26 06:45:43 · answer #1 · answered by greeneyedprincess 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well about ninety five percent of the science community opposes it. There is not just one group that opposes that idea. Because think about it the whole idea of god was created by man. That is not an attack to religion that's just basic fact. All religious texts were written by man before most scientific knowledge was widely known. Now you are basing your own claim on the bible being absolute fact. But everyone knows the bible has been wrong about hundreds of things. Nature is an end result of evolution and chemical composition through millions and billions of years. You can not prove god created it or that he even exists. But you can prove that things evolve through a scientific process to see everything you have before you. Claiming god made it is just like saying a fairy made the universe. It's not based on fact my friend but on a book written by man. I am sorry if that is sad to hear. I was a Christian once maybe you to will seek the truth and shake this ridiculous idea.
2007-02-26 14:51:15 · answer #2 · answered by Beaverscanttalk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are asking for the name of a person/group that disbelieve one thing in the first part of the statement. The second part of the statement seems to be an unrelated claim that the reverse is true. There is nothing linking it to the first part.
Even after looking at your additional details, your statement is logistically and linguistically incorrect. It is currently reading along the lines that 'chickens don't believe in fish, but the existence of fish can be shown.'. The belief and existence notions in this sentence have no relation.
The only way I can see it makes sense is for you to separate your statement at the comma into two separate sentences. The notions would still be unrelated, but at least it would then be possible for them to make linguistic and logical sense.
Incidentally, the bible is not 'absolute fact' as you suggest. It is clearly allegorical, the meanings contained in it being along the lines of 'the moral of the story is.........'.
2007-02-26 14:55:43 · answer #3 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only 1 person got it below, Gnosticism. Gnostics believe that matter is all just matter and everything in this realm is evil and weak including flesh. They believe that God and everything spiritual and pure is just pure spirit. That is why they deny Jesus as the son of God because they argue that nothing good and spiritual can come down and reside in flesh.
You argument is sound and is reflected in Romans 1 when Paul talks about everybody knowing deep down that God created everything because of creation itself.
2007-02-26 14:57:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your argument fails. It assumes that Nature is God's creation in order to prove that humans can learn about God through Nature.
Basically, you assume your conclusion in order to prove your premise, and this is circular reasoning.
2007-02-26 14:46:48 · answer #5 · answered by Michael 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well if Christians believed that you could see God through Nature, they'd have to believe that we were once monkeys.
2007-02-26 14:46:31 · answer #6 · answered by Virgo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It might be "Gnostics". They believe in "special revelation" from God.
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2007-02-26 14:46:57 · answer #7 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My immediate assumption would be atheists.
2007-02-26 14:44:37 · answer #8 · answered by CHRISTINA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't tell you there names exactly! atheists.
2007-02-26 14:45:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you and can't really think of anything.
2007-02-26 14:44:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋