Look what believing God did it did
for Newton. He believed God did it and he figured out how it works.
Copernicus believed God did it and figured out how it worked. That
monk Tyson referenced in the first episode of Cosmos figured out what
stars were. It was the Monk who figured it out and he was executed but
only because Christians believed the writings of a pagan. God may
seem to be receding but he seems to work and plus there are the Near
Death Experiences. There is a snobbishness about science and the
BLIND belief in it. It takes an open mind to believe that there are
things out there that can't be explained and haven't yet been
discovered. So many scientists believe in nothing. Is that why
scientists are so surprised to find planets orbiting stars? The monk
believed it without any evidence at all. Star Trek had planets
orbiting stars in the 60s and George Lucas said hey wait. If there are
planets orbiting stars those planets might have moons and and then he
thought if the moon was big enough it might have a breathable
atmosphere. Scientists didn't believe any of that until they proved
it. How are you going to find stuff if you don't believe it's there
to begin with? Yeah I'm sure some scientists believed in exoplanets but
they sure got excited when they found them as though they hadn't
believed in them. Experiments need to be rigorous but theorizing needs
to be equally vigorous. A closed mind that doesn't believe anything
until it's proven I just don't see that as a mind that will be very good
at theorizing. Einstein got his degree in Theoretical Physics. He was
the only student in his class other than his wife. I can understand
an experimenting scientist being super skeptical but a theoretical
physicist shouldn't be skeptical at all. He should be the total
opposite of an atheist. Even Einstein went through a period of his life
when he was a practicing Jew and became very religious. He also
studied Euclid who apparently isn't studied anymore since Newtons book
is not read anymore and no one can understand it. Euclid and Newton
would create graphic proofs. Why aren't we teaching that in school?
How many dimensions is an equation? It's guaranteed a graphic image
has 2. Thinking outside the box means believing there might be
something outside the box. Maybe Christianity is about truth and yet
it's also about believing and seeing and imagining. Prayer is about
imagining good things at least for yourself. But still you are
picturing the possibilities and you are visualizing a better world.
Even if God didn't exist. If God doesn't exist then they would have
reached a Type 4 civilization Millions of years ago and would be capable
of time travel. On top of that if there are alternate universes then
those universes would have figured out how to travel between universes
long ago. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable
from magic ---Arthur C. Clark. So we'd better hope God is real because
either way there is definitely something almost as powerful that has a
number for every hair on your head. Isn't Bill O Reily an Athiest?
Anyway God of the Gaps gets you a long ways and Christians care about
science. They aren't afraid of science and in fact it's the scientists
who ignore Christians and call them crackpots. Personally I think that
people just use science as an excuse for their lifestyle. At least
Christians don't have ulterior motives for their beliefs. I suppose some famous preachers may if they are really successful may have
ulterior motives but they are too busy to do lab work. But the lab
doesn't need theoretical physicists anyway the lab is where the skeptics should be. Theories can come from
anywhere and the moment a scientist (usually it's not a real scientist
anyway) calls someone a crackpot then it's the scientist who's mind is
closed and isn't really looking. I can see how a christian might be
seen as having a closed mind but can't you see how a scientist could
also be closed minded?
Parable of the Growing Seed, And the Mustard Seed
The Parable of the Growing Seed 26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.” This is saying that just by reading the Bible the word of God you will grow spiritually. It has an effect on you that you don't understand. It works on you in ways you don't know without you realizing it. Your heart will love more. You will be better able to resist temptation. It's not just about understanding the Bible and learning things or what to do and not to. It's not just a set of rules (although it is that also) It's a way of becoming what you want to be. It takes time thoug...
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