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1 | Plants were created, and then stars? | Gen 1:14 | Parable | 46923 | ||
I agree with you, Hank. There is an old saying, "the truth that needs to be proven is only half-true". To me, it means we trust "obvious" truths and we are always suspicious of those that need to be "proven", especially when the derivations depend on questionable assumptions and complicated reasoning. The idea that truth is relative comes from the idea that our standard of reference for comparison cannot be defined absolutely. In science, this most definitely true, because we have no way to determine that a location is absolutely fixed, so there is no way to establish a reference frame that is completely non-inertial, a fundamental requirement for absolute measurements. And, even if the speed of light may be the upper limit on velocity, it is not clear that this limit is fixed, especially in the vicinity of a black hole, because velocity refers to location and space itself becomes warped near black holes. Furthermore, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle establishes limits on how precisely we can know position and momentum or energy and time for a given system. This implies that science itself has established that it is not possible to measure absolutely precise values for anything. In other words, it simply is not possible to eliminate uncertainty from any measurement. Your point about arithmetic is different and it is because arithmetic is counting and that seems to be one of those "obvious" truths we accept. Despite our other problems, we seem to be able to count things very well. In fact, all branches of mathematics can be related back to the simple act of counting, which is not the same as taking a measurement, and this is why we put such stock in mathematics. Of all the sciences, math is the only one where we say the answer is right or wrong, but even this is subject to the qualification that the fundamental axioms apply. The bottom line is, science explores the wonder and beauty of Creation, but it cannot speak directly to issues that are best addressed through faith. |
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2 | Plants were created, and then stars? | Gen 1:14 | Hank | 46945 | ||
Parable, I enjoyed this post too! It was Thomas Carlyle, I believe, who said, "There are two worlds: the one we measure with line and rule, and the one we feel with our hearts and our imaginations.".... And I like these lines by Emily Dickinson: "I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; yet know I how the heather looks, and what a wave must be.... I never spoke with God, nor visited in heaven; yet certain am I of the spot as if the chart were given." And most of all I like, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1) Parable, I have come to a time in my life (and to a certain degree of spiritual maturity I believe) where I see faith as being a reality at least equal to the "line and rule" -- to use Carlyle's words -- of the physical world. In fact, I would venture to say that in some respects it is more so. With every good wish to you, --Hank | ||||||
3 | Plants were created, and then stars? | Gen 1:14 | Parable | 46953 | ||
We seem to know, without anyone telling us, right from wrong, real from imaginary and true from false. Yet how often we choose wrong, imaginary and false over right, real and true. The knowledge of good and evil is indeed dangerous if all you have is a fallen nature! I have come to a point in my life where the "line and rule", although useful for the world, is more like a shimmering mirage, and the truth of faith, although unmeasureable, is the oasis in the desert. |
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