God talk

  Bavinck on the Teleological Argument Objections to the teleological argument Bavinck saw that there were scholars who denied the teleological grounds and purpose of creation: “First of all, materialism asserts that there is no purpose in things, and the teleological interpretation of nature must give way to the mechanical one. Pantheism, moreover, affirms that the presence of order and purpose in the universe gives us absolutely no warrant to posit the existence of a conscious, intelligent cause since, both in the case of the individual human and that of the world as a whole, the unconscious functions with more wisdom and certainty than conscious reflection and deliberate calculation. Finally, Kant raised the objection that this argument at most leads to a world-shaper not to a World creator” (pages 82 to 83) Bavinck Replies to these objections In this section Bavinck answers the objectors firstly through Jewish Christian writings.   After this he will show that the Ancie

  As you saw in the last blog I talked about the death of our beloved Leo (Our pet rabbit).   This Week we are moving on to Bavincks arguments about the existence of God.   This blog is a primer on the teleological argument and later we will follow this through with what Bavinck the Master Theologian has to say about it.    a picture I took a while ago   First of all, Scripture begins by taking the existence of God for granted.   As a hard and fast Monotheist and Trinitarian believer I do not need any proofs because we have a living covenantal relationship with God.   These arguments are for people who doubt the existence of God.   Having said that the visible part of the Church (in the here and now) converses within a public domain.   Universities need proofs for everything based on argument.   We cannot escape this.   These arguments are also useful for those who are on the edge of believing or doubting about the existence of God.   So, what is teleology? A children’s encyclo