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Yes, many wonder why natural disasters occur that cause suffering and death. The larger question is why God allows suffering at all. Certainly if we could end such suffering, we would. The only way to know those answers is if God would reveal them. I believe he has, in the Bible.
So what's the answer?
Exactly. If pi was created, then why didn't God make it rational?
Underlying patterns? Exactly what is are these underlying patterns upon which pi is built?
Are you saying that pi doesn't conform to the definition of mathematical irrationality? And now there's some "underlying principle" of pi that isn't irrational. Okay, what is this underlying principle that's so rational?
Whaaat? Please explain.
So what?
I was illustrating how silly it would be to say 'x smart scientist became a creationist' to give credence to creationism when the vast, vast majority of smart scientists, especially in the biological field, are not and rejected creationism publicly through reasoned and judged scientific debate.
And art. It's probably way harder to capture the fractals in art without computer aids than nature needs to just say "forward 1, right 2 degrees, forward 1, right 2 degrees", etc.
Is it?
He has building codes in the bible that can withstand natural disasters? If so, why aren't our buildings following them?
I think Vermeer did this sort of thing, if memory serves me.
Not exactly, mathematics and science are simply trying to measure and understand God. Not the easiest of tasks that ever heard.
Since Adam and Eve rejected God's rulership, the majority of their descendants have also, preferring to manage themselves and the earth with no direction from the Creator. (Psalm 2:2) I believe Jehovah respects their free will and has allowed mankind opportunity to experience the results of their rebellion. In turn, mankind should not rightly expect Jehovah to shield them from the natural forces that God has the ability to control, or prevent the harm they cause themselves through ignorance, hatred, and greed. So while he does not cause natural disasters, IMO, God does not at present miraculously prevent them. I believe God has allowed a very limited time for man's abortive attempt at defying His Sovereignty. Soon, under his Kingdom rule, earths natural forces will be controlled by God to mankind's good.
I think you're missing the point.
*sigh* The subject IS NOT man's supposed rebellion and the dangers god lets him face---a totally irrelevant issue---BUT the fact that the natural laws and processes you say god put in place to produce stunning beauty and complexity also produce all the not so stunningly beautiful catastrophic events that take place, such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.. Of course it's your choice to wear blinders and adopt such a myopic view of your god, but it's hardly admirable. So you might want to temper your admiration for god with a dose of reality.
What you consider irrelevant our Creator considers of primary importance, IMO. Time and future events will tell which of us is correct. (Ezekiel 38:23)*sigh* The subject IS NOT man's supposed rebellion and the dangers god lets him face---a totally irrelevant issue---BUT the fact that the natural laws and processes you say god put in place to produce stunning beauty and complexity also produce all the not so stunningly beautiful catastrophic events that take place, such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.. Of course it's your choice to wear blinders and adopt such a myopic view of your god, but it's hardly admirable. So you might want to temper your admiration for god with a dose of reality.
Hundreds of thousands of sea creatures washing ashore in Chilia result of El Nino, ain't so pretty.
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It's not 3?!Well, there are the exceptions, such as irrational numbers like ........................................................a relationship that holds true throughout all of nature.
Gotta wonder why god didn't simply make it 3, or at least a rational number. But maybe it's one of those things so formidable that even god can't overcome it. Could mathematics be more powerful than god?
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Other than being told to multiply and not eat some fruit, I don't see much direction coming from God PRIOR to them misbehaving. I dislike micromanaging, but not checking up on your people at all is just asking for trouble.
Maybe they're rebelling because of poor management issues? Even a dog will get angry at an owner who forgets to feed them...
Yes, but we don't talk about such things in Christian company.
Antony Flew, while suffering from cognitive decline at the end of his life, was convinced to lend his name to a book he acknowledged that he didn't have any involvement in writing.
I believe Adam and Eve were placed in a safe and stunningly beautiful garden, with the prospect of filling the earth with their happy, healthy descendants, and extending the boundaries of their garden home earth wide. They had received God's blessing and could still be alive had they obeyed God. By choosing to rebel, they instead came under the control of Satan. Since then, it has been Satan mismanaging the world, not God, IMO. (1 John 5:19)
