These ideas were powerfully anti-Christian exalting the supremacy of human reason and explaining all phenomena by natural law. Their influence has been staggering. They are the source of today's secular culture, helping to put into place questions which are more philosophical than biblical and which challenge our Christian approach to the nature of life and its purpose. When our experiences are confirmed by these senses reality is accepted. This is the basis of modern science.
Touching fire does speak truthfully to man.
The complexity, immensity, and dependability of the universe demand an explanation. Such a universe mandates a God of tremendous power. If God has such power, he is able to reach beyond his established law and miracles become a possibility. Much theory of speech teach that words only reflect our experience and cannot convey meaning accurately. In spite of such theory, most of the understandable communication between humans requires words, and on this basis our world functions financially, academically, and personally.