Response to Carah #2

Dear Carah,

While I don’t deny that part of culture inculcation is to believe in the Unseen and Supernatural, we have to go back further and ask the question where the idea came from in the first place. Did someone just imagine it? It’s rather hard to entertain such idea when as I mentioned earlier anthropologists report similar finding regardless of geographical tribal location – the commonality of belief in the Invisible or Force/Spirit.

As a Christian, my reference is the Scriptures. The idea of a Supreme Being is “written” not just around us but within us. Psalm 19:1 states, “The heavens are telling of the glory of God. And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.” Romans 1:19,20 says, “because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.”

So, as you can deduce, even a pagan has at least two sources on which to base this awareness – creation and conscience. Man has an intellectual and spiritual capacity to “read” the attributes, power and nature of this Supreme Being. There is enough information for him to go by if he sincerely desires to know this Being more deeply.

That’s the reason why we can infer that Paul in his letter to the Roman believers concludes that anyone has no excuse to say he or she doesn’t know anything about God. He or she may suppress or deny this awareness, of course, but the fact remains that he or she is spiritually aware. It is then incorrect to say that the “supernatural” is imagined and concocted by those who knew nothing better. It is indeed innate and exists within us.

Cheers,
Osteinz

P.S. My name is pronounced Os-tie-nz.