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Dear Arthur and Sandra:
I was witnessing to a friend. He brought up the question
of why couldn't there be two eternal beings. I couldn't really
think of a reason. Could you help me out?
I was just pondering your question on why couldn't there
be 2 eternal beings. Allow me to think out loud.
The universe is extremely orderly. At least what we know
about our solar system is. All the stars, planets and moons
obey the same laws (e.g. Gravity exists to some degree on
all stars, planets and moons). That's what science is all
about - discovering the laws of nature. So far, through the
centuries, much has been discovered and have been tabbed as
"laws" because whatever they discovered always happens.
There are billions of contingencies in our world and universe
and yet it is all so cohesive and much of it explainable.
If two eternal beings existed, then their plans, purposes
and laws would have to be identical. Otherwise, we would be
experiencing constant chaos where we couldn't know anything
for sure - maybe one when we jump, we may never come down.
The chances of that are basically nil. Why not three, four,
or five eternal beings?
In theory, perhaps there could be other eternal beings in
other universes and in other dimensions. But, at least we
know that in our universe, there's only one. We can reason
this via the cosmological, teleological, morality, and life
purpose arguments, among others (I didn't do a very good job
explaining them last night, so if you want to go over them
more thoroughly and clearly, let's set some time to do that).
However, we can KNOW this because the Bible says so. God is
sovereign over what He creates. He created the universe and
hence, it is under His control and under His laws.
Keep in mind when witnessing that you don't allow yourself
to get too sidetracked by theoretical questions. After you've
given a reasonable answer, get back to the main point, the
gospel. For instance, if I were witnessing to you (you being
a non Christian), I could even grant you that maybe other
eternal beings existed. However, the eternal being governing
our universe, the one who created us, wants us to honor Him
but because of your sin, you can't. So He gave us His Son
in order that we may do so. So you need to give your life
to Jesus so you may do what He wants you to do, honor Him.
I don't know if this helped at all but I appreciate your
fervency for the Lord and your dedication to His Word. I know
it'll pay off for you.
Your bro'
Arthur
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