@fmf said
"Nous, [Greek: “mind” or “intellect”] in philosophy, the faculty of intellectual apprehension and of intuitive thought. Used in a narrower sense, it is distinguished from discursive thought and applies to the apprehension of eternal intelligible substances and first principles." https://www.britannica.com
What is some practical Christian advice for people whose ...[text shortened]... beneficial code for living, Christians' beliefs regarding supernatural things are just not credible?
Use your nous. Apprehend by simple observation that God is a Spirit and is understood and known through our spirit, which is the deeper component of our being.
The "nous", the mind or intellect, which perceives and analyzes information, informs us by the temporal matters of life, which should make it apparent that we are sinners, and that one should seek to escape the fatality of death, and resist the temptation to consign the nous to the feeble mentality of the denial of the supernatural.
One will never know the creator unless he is born again. The nous can know 'about' God, but it is by the spirit,(the deeper part of a man than the nous) that God is 'known'.