tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post114808928929776072..comments2024-03-29T07:00:09.641-07:00Comments on Foster's Theological Reflections: Sir Fred Hoyle and the Limits of Scientific InquiryEdgar Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-1148613516945926102006-05-25T20:18:00.000-07:002006-05-25T20:18:00.000-07:00Let me first say that I do not accept an unqualifi...Let me first say that I do not accept an unqualifiedly creatio ex<BR/>nihilo theory of the cosmos. For it seems logically absurd to contend that<BR/>something can come from absolutely nothing (pace quantum physics).<BR/>However, if by "nothing," one means that God did not create the<BR/>universe from any pre-existing matter and that He brought forth TA<BR/>PANTA from His indefatigable omnipotent resources--then I have no<BR/>problem with the formula creatio ex nihilo. That being said, one must<BR/>admit that Gen 1:1 does not explicitly say that YHWH produced<BR/>creation from nothing. An appeal to BARA admittedly does not<BR/>apodictically prove that God made something (the universe) from<BR/>absolutely nothing.<BR/><BR/>Let me conclude by noting that G.J. Wenham makes<BR/>an interesting point in his commentary on Genesis:<BR/><BR/>"That God did create the world out of nothing is certainly implied by<BR/>other OT passages which speak of his creating everything by his word<BR/>and his existence before the world (Ps 148:5; Prov 8:22-27)<BR/>(Ridderbos OTS 12 [1958] 257). Though such an interpretation of Gen<BR/>1:1 is quite possible, the phraseology used [in Gen 1:1] leaves the<BR/>author's precise meaning uncertain on this point" (_Genesis 1-15_, page<BR/>1:14).<BR/><BR/>We also know that the first explicit Jewish statement of creatio ex<BR/>nihilo is found in 2 Macc 7:28, although we must somehow balance this<BR/>declaration with Wisdom of Sol 11:17. One NT text that may also<BR/>suggest creatio ex nihilo is Heb 11:3.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>EdgarEdgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-1148606095583955332006-05-25T18:14:00.000-07:002006-05-25T18:14:00.000-07:00As one of Jehovah's Witnesses, do you believe in C...As one of Jehovah's Witnesses, do you believe in Creation Ex Nihilo?<BR/><BR/>ThanksJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14336155651560538168noreply@blogger.com