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== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 18:24, March 28, 2008
The unseen refers to what is not subject to direct observation by any of the five senses.[1]
Love is an example of something important that is unseen. Intelligence is another example. Additional examples include:
- opportunity cost
- ideas
- the medical harm from gambling and pornography
- Newtonian action-at-a-distance
- the invisible hand
- prayer and its effects
- migration patterns of butterflies and birds
- the nature of homing powers of fowl
- deterrence of crime by self-defense[2]
Materialists, by focusing on only what is material, generally deny the existence of the unseen. A materialist who lacked all five senses might conclude that nothing exists.
References
- ↑ See, e.g., 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV) ("So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.")
- ↑ See gun control.