Good idea. I am especially reminded of that long lecture series we watched defending natural theology. …by N. T. Wright I think.
natural theology: theology or knowledge of God based on observable facts and experience apart from divine revelation (Google AI)
Natural theology is a type of theology that seeks to provide arguments for theological topics, such as the existence of a deity, based on human reason. (Wikipedia)
Natural theology is a program of inquiry into the existence and attributes of God without referring or appealing to any divine revelation. In natural theology, one asks what the word “God” means, whether and how names can be applied to God, whether God exists, whether God knows the future free choices of creatures, and so forth. The aim is to answer those questions without using any claims drawn from any sacred texts or divine revelation, even though one may hold such claims. (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
I don’t believe much in the arguments for the existence of God but I am all for the rest of it.
Amen. Though I think the really poor view is that He has to constantly support it or it will simply cease to exist. It is not only like a dreamer god but an Indian giver god who creates with one hand ready to snatch it away with the other, because I certainly don’t believe God is incapable of actual creation of things which have their own independent existence. Frankly I think this is all the invention of religiologs who seek to vicariously exaggerate their own importance. Though Vinnie sheds a new light on this as a way of trashing science and turning God into something which can be manipulated and controlled. So as with most things like this, all it really accomplishes is to make their god look small, weak, incompetent, self-centered, etc… hardly a God worth believing in.