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Lonergan, Understanding and Being, 350. Lonergan, Method in Theology, 339. Lonergan, Method in Theology, 338. â€Å"Intellectual conversion is †¦ the elimination of †¦ [t]he myth is that knowing is like looking, that objectivity is seeing what is there to be seen and not seeing what is not there, and that the real is what is out there now to be looked at. †¦ Moral conversion changes the criterion of one’s decisions and choices from satisfactions to values. †¦ Religious conversion is being grasped by ultimate concern. It is other-worldly falling in love. It is total and permanent self-surrender without conditions, qualifications, reservations. But it is such a surrender, not as an act, but as a dynamic state that is prior to and principle of subsequent acts.† Lonergan, Method in Theology, 238–240. Lonergan, Method in Theology, 338. Lonergan, Method in Theology, 338. David M. Coffey, â€Å"Natural Knowledge of God: Reflections on Romans 1:18â⠂¬â€œ32,† Theological Studies 31, no. 4 (1970): 674–691. The other texts are Lonergan’s own â€Å"Natural Knowledge of God† and the same section of Pottmeyer’s Der Glaube vor dem Anspruch der Wissenschaft that he refers to in that essay. Coffey writes, â€Å"There [in Romans 1], where he [Paul] said that the Gentiles knew God, he was speaking of the distant past, when they knew Him as Adam did, before they committed the sin that led them into their present condition of ignorance. He does not say there that they ever knew Him from reason alone, but ratherShow MoreRelatedWater as a Source of Future Conflict in Sa26984 Words   |  108 Pagesthought differ about how differences over water will be managed, though, both identify that disagreements over water are expected to occur. 5. The necessity of water has been emphasized in such a way throughout the world, that states and nations are being dragged into the battle zone to take control of it. May it be for the human survival, agriculture or industrial purpose, water has been put into priority by the nations all over the world. The scholars and the body of scholarships have stated the positive