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Andrew D. H. Mayes (The World of Ancient Israel: Sociological, Anthropological and Political Perspectives, Sociology and the Old Testament) says that it is becoming clear that the presentation of Yahweh as the only God of Israel in the pre-monarchic period is a late construction which runs up against great historical difficulties. In the view of John Shelby Spong (Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus), neither birth story, in Matthew and Luke, contains any historical truth. Jesus was not physically resurrected, but rather "exalted" by God. In the view of Archbishop Peter Carnley, discrepancies in the accounts of the empty tomb of Jesus can only be explained as four different redactions for apologetic and kerygmatic reasons of a single story originating from one source.
Robert P. Carroll (The World of Ancient Israel: Sociological, Anthropological and Political Perspectives, Prophecy and society) says that with regard to the biblical text we can never be sure how much of the story of the prophets is Propaganda and the manipulation of information and how much was untainted by editorial control. Lester L Grabbe (Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?) says that a surprisingly small amount of detail in the Bible is considered historically true. Uta Ranke-Heinemann (Putting Away Childish Things) says that the whole of Acts of the Apostles, the New Testament 'book of history', is a simply a work of propaganda.
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The Bible is a written book - an instructional manual if you will - on the history of man's do and don't actions and the resulting rewards and consequences. It also contains God's Plan for the Salvation of mankind and other information. As such, nature that the Scripture says God created, can tell us some things but not everything - this must come from faith and revelation of God Himself.
Nature shows us the absolute precision and creative handiwork of the Creator describing how creation, design and laws require a giver of each - a Creator, Designer, and Lawgiver. This is all part of what is called 'Natural Theology.' It has been much debated over the millennia as to how much information that it alone can provide mankind - some feeling nothing while others think only 'believers' can benefit form these 'truths' of God found in it. Still others believe it can and does prove God's existence without the aide of Scripture. This is just human nature (forgive the pun) on how we think of most things we do not know for sure.
There are many biblical verses that address the things in nature vis-a-vis the Creator God like Psalm 19:1-3, Acts 14:15-17 and perhaps the most quoted:
Romans 1:20New King James Version (NKJV)20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
Perhaps the best answer would be that nature can and does provide basic truths to mankind. But it can only be fully revealed by God the Creator of all that is seen and unseen as Paul stated above.
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