God instructed Job to look at nature. The creatures of His design. The wonders of the cosmos. The author of this thread is either blind or has ulterior motives to ask this.
In Colossians Christ is said to be the author of this marvelous creation. He is the master behind the masterpiece. This only scratches the surface of what we can see and experience daily without any theological guide. Come on. The gift of life alone comes from His goodness.
Where is the disconnect?
In Colossians Christ is said to be the author of this marvelous creation. He is the master behind the masterpiece. This only scratches the surface of what we can see and experience daily without any theological guide. Come on. The gift of life alone comes from His goodness.
Where is the disconnect?
I was only making the point that looking at nature as an example of God's work, while wonderful for a Christian, would not be of much help to a non-believer - after all, atheists also think nature is wonderful. As an example, David Attenborough was once asked 'has studying nature all these years given you a sense of God?' (or something similar); and he responded something like, 'how can I believe in a God that creates a being that lives inside the eye and which sole purpose makes the host blind'. In this modern era of science, nature alone is not going to convince anyone about God.
Also, we have all heard the line, "how can a God, who is supposed to be good, allow..."? We christians understand the reasons for this (ie. that it is because of sin, and that God has a bigger picture in view than what we humans may think is right), but it is a valid question to a non-believer. I assume it is in a similar vain that the thread's question was even asked, 'how do we know God is good'.
So I offered an alternative, to learn the character of God by what he tells us he does like (eg. generosity, love, patience, kindness) and what he doesn't (eg. selfishness, greed, dishonesty, lying, exploitation).
I hope this helps clear it up.