wistahpatsfan
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When Paul said, "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." he expresses his pre-conceived notions of his time about the divine origins of creation. How else could he have seen the universe at the time?Yes, it's true we don't "need" someone to tell us what's what. Even Paul acknowledged that in Romans 1:20, when he said, "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." Nature, the world that God created, shows us in ample detail and frequency all we need to know about life.
The world, the universe, and all the lies outside our scope of view are all following the same laws, and thus come from a common origin. Whether we look at the universality of positivity and negativity (plus/minus) in the polarity of a magnet, a man and a woman, a proton and an electron, or whatever else, the universal law of "positive/negative" is there in all things. Likewise, the universal law of internal character and external form is found in everything, from the smallest particles to the largest galactic assemblies to humans: all things of creation have an internal "mind" (inherent directive nature) and an external form or body.
From these we can see how we should live as a human being. Adam and Eve even learned as youngsters about sex by observing the animals. So, no mysteries at all, really.
But there can be no mistaking the reality that humans do not follow their original purpose, but instead follow a selfish purpose, one that puts them at odds with all the rest of creation. This "discovery" of human failure has been called "religion", a word that is taken from the Latin: re (again) + legio (connect), or "religion", to "re-connect" us back to our original selves, not the sinful fallen selves we became way back when.
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That's my point! Everything happens in a time continuum. Even modern scientists grappled with the societal ramifications of denying the existence of God because they would have been socially ostracized and unable to continue their work. Their benefactors in both the private and public sector were way behind their abilities to see the truth. Of course Paul siad what he said! What else could he have said?
To your next point: We've never been perfect. We've always been animals of increasing sophistication, but animals nonetheless. I don't believe in a literal "Adam and Eve" as anything more than a metaphor for humankind's crossing over from non-thinking animal to a social co-operative headed toward civilization (which we still haven't achieved).
To your point about polarity: I've always thought that the funtional entity (or "God" if you like) of the universe could be distilled down to the sine wave. When you reduce all matter and energy, you inevitably get down to a concept, measureable or not, which can be best described (IMO) as the "sine". This idea was introduced to me in Catholic school by my science teacher who was struggling to resolve the inherent conflict between his job and the place of his employment.