Question by James: Christians /Theists: why does God have to be completely above and beyond nature in order to create nature?
After all, nature creates nature all the time.

Yet nature is not above nature.

I believe in God but I also believe in logic, reason and the reality that is all around me. When we observe both the beauty and horror of nature, that’s exactly what we are looking at. Nature. Nothing more, nothing less. All taking place in a regular, natural universe. It is not a corrupt or fallen one, just an amazing, beautiful and extremely dangerous universe as it was meant to be by God all along.

In reality (our physical universe), everything- the rocks, mountains, earthquakes, all manner of weather, all living organisms (including us, of course), the planets and stars are all created by natural processes. Nature creating nature.

Nature is atoms and forces like gravity which bind the atoms together to make molecules which in turn, gradually bind together to form everything from germs-to us-to galaxies.

This is a fact. To deny this, is to deny reality.

Therefore, if one is to believe in God then there are two different ideas to look at:

(A). God is not a machine of creation. Nature is the machine. It is this machine that God ultimately created to do all the physical work. It is not done supernaturally.

Or:

(B) Nature and God are one. However, God is nature at its highest and most complex level. Physical nature is like the body of God as it methodically goes along creating-destroying-creating everything in the universe as it slowly expands. However, there is a mind as well.

Our physical organic brains at their highest and most complex level form a mind, complete with consciousness. Maybe nature at its highest and most complex level forms a mind, complete with consciousness as well. The mind of God. This mind uses the rest of physical nature like a body to create the universe the way we use our own bodies to create.

Maybe it’s some sort of combination of these two ideas?

Anyway, rather than God creating the universe supernaturally in six earth days then taking a breather on the seventh, doesn’t it make a more sense that God is ultimately responsible for planting the seed to the universe then watching it grow naturally?
John M- so you agree with me when you say “It all started with a First Cause- “.

As I said, God is ultimately responsible for planting the seed of the universe then watching it grow naturally.

Best answer:

Answer by MK6
nature does NOT create nature, – it simply transforms it. (E=MC2)

But on another note, – our Creator can totally use the tools of super-naturalism AND naturalism to do His will. But in this earthly domain, Satan is the ruler of this world (system).

And even creation groans for redemption after the fall of Adam.

Give your answer to this question below!

Question by Robert P: How do I create a leatherbound book?
I want to create a special case the dimensions of a DVD case for a video game. I want it to look like a leather-bound book, with embedded gold typography and emblem.

I have no idea how to do this, though. Any suggestions? If I could just find out a way to embed the gold text and emblem, I think I could manage, but that’s the most difficult part. How do I do that without an expensive machine?

Best answer:

Answer by FOX News is the best
you create a book with your imagination.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Question by holmej_99: How to create DNS files on my linux machine?
I am trying to learn about DNS (using BIND 9.5.2) on a linux machine. How do I create DNS files such as named.conf, forward and reverse files? What are the commands to create the files and what go in these files.

Best answer:

Answer by Ronald P
You write them by hand.
Get a script to generate them.
Or some web based application to generate them
eg

# sudo vi /etc/named.conf

options {
directory “/etc/”;
pid-file “/var/run/named.pid”;
};

zone “example.lan” {
type master;
file “zone.example.lan”;
};

zone “0.0.10.in-addr.arpa” {
type master;
file “/etc/10.0.0.zone”;
};

# sudo vi /etc/zone.example.lan

$ttl 38400
example.lan. IN SOA example.lan. god.example.lan (
1233903630
10800
3600
604800
38400 )

example.lan. IN NS example.lan.
example.lan. IN A 10.0.0.12
xbox.example.lan. IN A 10.0.0.6
videos IN A 10.0.0.7
#note videos is the same as videos.example.lan.
#videos.example.lan would be videos.example.lan.example.lan
# sudo vi /etc/10.0.0.zone

$ttl 38400
@ IN SOA example.lan. god.example.lan (
1233903630
10800
3600
604800
38400 )

IN NS example.lan.
12 IN PTR example.lan.
6 IN PTR xbox.example.lan.
7 IN PTR videos.example.lan.

#sudo pkill named
#sudo named &

What do you think? Answer below!

I want to create a special case the dimensions of a DVD case for a video game. I want it to look like a leather-bound book, with embedded gold typography and emblem.

I have no idea how to do this, though. Any suggestions? If I could just find out a way to embed the gold text and emblem, I think I could manage, but that’s the most difficult part. How do I do that without an expensive machine?

I am trying to learn about DNS (using BIND 9.5.2) on a linux machine. How do I create DNS files such as named.conf, forward and reverse files? What are the commands to create the files and what go in these files.