The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Athiest Arguments Against Evolution

Tom,

Even as an Atheist, Rom 1:17ff was evident in my life, i.e., as I pondered the world and the visible universe, just logic alone screamed at my intellect that it was impossible that my origin was from some primordial slime and that all things suddenly came into existence from nothing. Paul, by the Holy Spirit states that ALL MEN know (perceptually) and by the testimony of conscience that is part of being made in the image of God (Imago Dei), that there is a Creator. But, he goes on to state that even knowing these things, the unregenerate suppresses this truth and substitutes that truth for a lie. That is exactly what I did. It isn't that this truth cannot be known, for it surely is, but it is rejected out of hand by the natural man and because of that rejection which is without excuse, the wrath of God is upon us.

Being that this is axiomatic, does not mean that the natural man must embrace it. Contrariwise, it displays the hopeless condition of man, he being spiritually dead and a hater of God from which divine intervention is absolutely necessary for deliverance.

Psalms 14:1 (ASV) "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good." (cf. Ps. 53:1)