tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post7022736997566532654..comments2024-03-28T00:48:19.961-07:00Comments on Metacrock's Blog: The Realization of God's Reality and Meaning in the UniverseJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-51300787814281584712011-09-27T13:19:42.032-07:002011-09-27T13:19:42.032-07:00I agree. I was just thinking of the way a lot of p...I agree. I was just thinking of the way a lot of people think about that the term.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-18778006080082427922011-09-27T12:16:11.833-07:002011-09-27T12:16:11.833-07:00Metacrock, I am also a theistic evolutionist. But...Metacrock, I am also a theistic evolutionist. But the fact that some Christians have co-opted the term "creation" to mean ONLY young-earth creation or old-earth creation, as those terms are currently defined, doesn't remove my ability to call God my Creator. I simply differ as to the means God used, not to my creation.<br /><br />Just as "God" doesn't have to mean "big guy in the sky," "Creator" doesn't have to mean, "big guy who literally made a human out of clay 6000 years ago."<br /><br />So my use of the term does not mean I'm not thinking of God in broader terms. I agree that the term "Creator" has been co-opted by the YEC-ists, but I'm not going to stop using it just because of that. :)Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252374623355509404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-7709709608172454322011-09-27T09:13:37.164-07:002011-09-27T09:13:37.164-07:00that's a good point Kristen and I agree with w...that's a good point Kristen and I agree with what you said. I do think the concept of "creator" is over used so that we tend to think of God as constructing each individual like a little toy. Paul feeds into that with the pot and clay analogy but it is just an analogy. There's a good point to it but we should also think of God in broader terms.<br /><br />it's important to come to terms with the fact that our existences are based upon God's will and his acts. That aspect should not be lost. AT the the same time God created us through the process of creating a universe that evolves. we are products of that universe.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-29892196616762712362011-09-26T22:04:35.241-07:002011-09-26T22:04:35.241-07:00To discover that one is a robot would mean that yo...To discover that one is a robot would mean that you were man-made and formed for human purposes. Your meaning and purpose would be diminished because you would no longer be able to refer to a higher purpose than human purpose, or a higher Maker than a human one.<br /><br />The point of believing in God as Creator, as it relates to having meaning, is not just the sense of meaning that comes from the idea that God designed us for a purpose. Just any creator, or just any purpose, wouldn't do. Believing in a divine Creator means that our purpose is higher than human purposes: it is divine. Believing that we are in the image of God means the imprint of the divine is in us.<br /><br />But not believing in a divine Creator means that we have no purpose. We are mere accidents, formed by chance. We may assign meaning to our own lives, but that is a lower form of meaning, because the source of that meaning is a lower source.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252374623355509404noreply@blogger.com