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Originally Posted by zumby
First I'll take it that you concede the point on secularism.
But for the second point I want you to stay focused on God's use of John Locke. Did John Locke come to his own conclusions freely or did God intervene directly? If you think God intervened then how did he do so without violating free will? If you don't think God intervened then how did God use him?
Oh we're arguing again?
Why don't you put understanding ahead of winning for awhile.
I haven't studied Locke enough to locate a firm opinion on this question. I'm just aware God can use opposing forces outside of ourselves to educate us. Could God using sects against each other have caused Locke to form his separation of church and state idea. Isn't it suppose to be a peace promoting idea though a lot of people are currently using it to sow division between groups?
Isn't gravity an educational force everyone knows without everyone being able to explain it?
Don't we know what goes up must come down from tossing an apple upwards without even reading Newton's explanation? Don't we have pattern recognition (magical thinking) to know the apple will come down with or without Newton's explanation?