March 27, 2019
NOT A BIBLICAL PROBLEM:
A God Problem (Peter Atterton, March 25, 2019, NY Times)
If you look up "God" in a dictionary, the first entry you will find will be something along the lines of "a being believed to be the infinitely perfect, wise and powerful creator and ruler of the universe." Certainly, if applied to non-Western contexts, the definition would be puzzling, but in a Western context this is how philosophers have traditionally understood "God." In fact, this conception of God is sometimes known as the "God of the Philosophers."
Indeed, since the text makes no such claims--in fact, demonstrates them to be false--it is not a problem for believers.
Posted by Orrin Judd at March 27, 2019 3:48 AM