Integrated feel
Oh look out past our cosmic miracle:
That touch to integrate our Universe.
Oh check grand, obvious complexity,
Using all sciences, and sacred verse.
Oh test a Cosmos for its usefulness,
And space for technical parameters,
But pause on our eternal happiness,
For context out through other areas.
Yes, check the programming in DNA,
Then ask, if lucky rocks, or personal?
Then timing for the cosmic interplay,
Asking, is life mundane, if technical?
My soul, oh feel beyond the obvious.
Oh sense an engineer has set it thus.
The Sights
When we change overviews: A new future awaits.
Some content from page 31 sets the starting context for this page. Enjoy.
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Page 31 context
Where did we finish? Ah yes. Enjoy.
Remember now, sonnets are meant to be spoken.
Henri
Healthy lift *
Would time be critical for happiness?
Don't panic where we face a mystery.
We have a start, confirming Genesis,
Those timing troubles due to gravity,
Then have real programming in DNA.
Is that enough, to lift our confidence,
If pondering the deep time interplay?
Check through a history of evidence:
A start was just discovered recently,
The grand fine-tuning, then cell DNA.
Would that be science and humanity
Just starting out? Oh yes, on any day.
On origins, it's healthy to have doubt
Since realizing we're just starting out.
This page is a second duplication of page 30. We are revisiting the past, by re-tuning previous thought bubbles, using our "triple filter", to look at life and the Universe. For us, old thought bubbles, new insights. Henri.
After view *
What view gives honour to reality?
It's mathematics, sciences and art.
It's languages and new technology,
Where real diversity, sets life apart,
Then realizing, our potential, right?
And family, where we get personal,
Then industry, employer oversight,
But after that, we're philosophical:
It's contemplations, rocks or deity.
Reflecting in reflections, who am I,
And reaching out, to our humanity,
To analyse the mystical, why, why.
Humanity? Ground zero in debate.
That's all diversity to contemplate.
Fine view *
A garden set in space? celestial.
Then all those views into infinity,
And cellular, from technological.
A job for God, or simple energy?
Pick any molecule for life: Sugar.
Could that arise before the DNA?
From random, inanimate media?
A scientific answer now, no way.
A job for deity by programming?
Just fairly logical, with miracles.
All photosynthesis in gardening,
All set with subatomic particles.
Imagination, for the real design?
A deity for that, will do just fine.
Deep stand *
Oh set gazillion years in magic rocks,
To weigh our God's thoughtful ability
With geologic time, on cosmic clocks.
Oh check deep nuances, with gravity,
And Albert's definition of spacetime,
Today, if fact police ooze confidence
In their zip soup to people paradigm.
Yes, check their underlying inference.
Do they believe that rocks and aliens
Gave those gazillion years for history,
For us to contemplate those origins?
Yes, check their sad evolving tragedy.
If looking at all time, toes in the sand,
Its always relative to where we stand.
Beyond modern *
Today we hunt our modern synthesis,
So monitor what Darwin didn't know.
We're skeptical with any randomness,
And go, where evolutionists, don't go.
No, Charlie didn't know the signalling
That sets the nature, through biology,
Wrought with epigenetic networking.
Then owned no clues from relativity,
For timing on the Earth, or Universe.
A modern view incorporates all that.
As well, we stress a mitigating curse,
And shun their 'evil-humans' caveat.
All time police don't own technology,
But we peek out, beyond technology.
Not just atoms *
Our science sees a singularity,
From just atoms to biological.
Bacteria use wow technology,
So we can postulate a miracle.
Oh yes, a mechanical engineer
To set all ATP proton turbines.
To set an incredible biosphere
Oozing with biological designs.
All evidence for our continuum,
So shouts of mindful creativity.
Machinery: Six thousand RPM?
Essential in, all cell technology.
A scientific enterprise for wow:
Never what evolutionists avow.
For Clearer views: Triple filter on.
This is our continuing project: The search for happiness, destiny and how to rescue souls. "A look at life". Enjoy.
Some of the following content will have a deeper context after reading Contemplate the Universe, Beyond the veil, The Touch and Destiny calls.
We have now uploaded, "Afterglow" into cyberspace.
Our reminder again, just like someone looking at the last few pages of a book, we may catch the flame, but have missed the fireworks in between. So make sure to take a look at some of the previous content of this website, if you've jumped straight to this page. We've covered a bit of ground.
Henri.
School's in *
Do we teach evolution in our schools,
Then think that's scientific evidence?
Or teach pupils we're only molecules,
So yes, the 'rocks to people' inference
Can now be viewed, as scientific fact?
Always a yes, but not religion though,
When it's about how chemicals react.
And so we teach the 'grand' scenario:
How chaos gave the Universe its time.
For class, we test the fossil pteropods,
Assuming life evolved, in proto slime.
It's sciences, we never mention, gods.
With any students now, a lot to know
For sciences. But not religious though.
This thought bubble, and the following eight, are rewritten from "Contemplate the Universe", summary section. We think we are closing a loop by rewriting these nine. Henri.
Classroom based *
Would we teach, evolution in our schools?
Where life is always based on randomness,
So all earth life evolved from, rocky pools?
Are we assured there's grandeur in all this?
That would be yes, but God is not involved,
So it's not religious. That's common sense,
And in the class, we teach how we evolved
From rocks, all built on scientific evidence.
Plain ancestry from bugs, and DNA coding
Are clear with observations we have made.
We teach how evolution explains anything:
The roles chance, or necessity have played.
It's not religious though. It all makes sense
When teaching what gives us our evidence.
Assured themes *
Do we teach evolution when school's in,
Using the fossil evidence and dinosaurs?
Do we teach, what's in 'Darwin's' Origin,
So life can be inferred with cosmic laws?
Oh yes, we do. But not religious though.
With class, we teach, that common DNA
Is proof that all life-forms evolved, ergo,
There's no religious line in what we say.
The scientific clues, in class, are obvious.
There's a body of work that we can trust
To show, our science fields, a usefulness.
It's obvious all thoughts are but stardust.
Yes, be assured, there's no religion here.
Schools stress, the scientific atmosphere.
Science lessons *
Do we teach 'Evolution' in our schools?
How we sprang from, the lower animals,
And know for sure that no Creator rules.
Do we teach love arose from chemicals?
Well yes. But no, it's not religious when
We teach that 'overwhelming' evidence,
Can indicate how rocks turned into men,
And class would be a string of accidents.
We'd never mention God in our lessons.
We teach the class what sets a Universe:
Those nucleons, photons then electrons,
So won't be quoting out of sacred verse.
It's science, so helping students to grow
In confidence. But not religious though.
Vocational guidance *
Do we teach evolution, in our schools?
That "Fifteen-Billion-year" Cosmology.
Have we thought all our scientific tools
Can show, a deep-time cosmic history?
Big positives. It's not religious though.
We teach the physics, then astronomy,
Those fossil finds, then chemistry, also
In-depth biology, and Earth's geology.
We never mention God, so not to place
Undue confusion in our pupils' minds.
All are susceptible, so need their space
As we teach on the ancient fossil finds.
Students need assistance in what to do,
So we teach them that evolution's true.
True value *
Do we teach evolution, in our schools?
And teach that like true human history?
Do those current, curriculum schedules
Include some "not-by-God" philosophy,
Where students are vibrating particles?
Well yes, and those phylogenetic trees.
It's never faith based though. Tutorials
Give clues, through animal homologies,
We focus on, how populations change,
Then check into, our common ancestry
With vegetables. We underline a range,
And value schools, with their diversity.
The students see the evidence thus far,
Imparting now, a feel of who they are.
Skills development *
Would we teach evolution, in school time?
Where we ban God, so love is but stardust.
Would we teach that 'orthodox' paradigm:
Guiding the impressionable minds to trust
What wrought all certain science evidence
That we're just molecules? Oh yes, we do.
That's not religious though. Just inference
Where change in life sets up our overview.
We teach from our broad range of animals
And give that real, supportive atmosphere,
When teaching how the swirling chemicals
Evolved into our complex living biosphere.
It's not religion though. We're not devout.
Clear thinking skills is what life's all about.
Student focused *
Do we teach "Evolution", like science,
As in, the hidden schools' curriculum?
Do we teach there is crucial evidence,
From the entire spacetime continuum,
That elements evolved into humanity?
Oh yes, we do. It's not religion though.
We build a diverse school community,
So provide great role models to follow.
We hold the welfare of pupils at heart.
School topics are vigorously discussed
For insights only evolution can impart:
No God exists, so we are but stardust.
It's not religion though. Our vital key,
Is our strong sense for, what's reality.
Diverse schooling *
Would we teach 'Evolution' as inspiring,
To give our students a sense of destiny?
Do we teach naught created everything,
Then rocks gave them their personality?
Oh yes, we do. But not religious though.
In schools, we like diversity throughout,
So we prize what our students undergo.
We'll phase all our religious studies out,
So our core values never cause offense:
We pride ourselves on an inclusiveness,
Teaching grand overwhelming evidence
That indicates, the elements created us.
Schools teach, the evolutionist scenario
As gospel truth. It's not religion though.
Jumped straight to this page
This website focuses on the origins debate, from an evolution skeptic's perspective, and promotes the world view of standard Christianity, of a saving God and lost, but blessed, humanity. Check out our previous pages to see what we're up to. And just to clarify, we think evolution is a religious world view.
It's easy being an evolution skeptic these days. We'll give you one example. Bugs, like e-coli, run on, recognisable, information technology, use multiplexing, like in our modern phone systems, have motors, turbines, solar panels, use serial comms to transfer information, and they have some sort of symbiotic relationship with humans.
We think there's a few holes in evolution theory if "The whole Universe was in a hot dense state,,,", and that evolved into fish, and some fish grew legs and evolved into people, thoughts, then smart phones. We've covered a lot of ground. Remember, evolution is supposed to be a continuum, no miracles allowed, from 'Nothing', heat, then onto smart phones. We think we have some positive alternatives to that. Henri.
A complicated God
On those alternatives, I would like to expand on the statement, "The Bible is the sword of the Spirit". From Ephesians Ch 6. That's because various passages in the Bible identify the Holy Spirit as the real Author of the Bible. That statement highlights one of those eternal mysteries: What is the link between God's overwhelming power and our individually? The Bible: Written by individuals, but is the property of the Holy Spirit.
Another name for the Bible is, "The word of God". So Ephesians Ch 6 expands the first statement to, "The word of God is the sword of the Spirit". Then we expand on the "Word of God". We know that, "The Word of God" created everything, as in, "God said, 'let there be light'", etc.
We know, from John Ch 1, that the "Word of God" is the "Son of God", the one to visit us, and pave the way for our shot at destiny. His name now? "The Lord Jesus Christ": "King of kings and Lord of lords" and, "The Word of God" in Revelation Ch 19. In this chapter, the Lord strikes the nations with, "a sword".
So what can we say is doing all the damage, when he strikes the nations? We can say it's, "The Bible". What's the core of the Bible message? We have written about it regularly on this website. A complicated God, creation, the fall, and an awesome rescue plan, set in place before time began, to demonstrate that love and humility can conquer all.
What's going to do the damage in the future? It won't be what we mainly focus on in this website, the technology in biology. What will it be? It's the information on what a God will do to provide, protect, save, engage and extend a lost, but blessed humanity.
(In writing that, we have Bible passages like Psalm 19: "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the ends of the earth". (New King James Version)
There we have the written word of the Creator indicating that creation, speaks in a language everybody understands. And that is definitely the theme of this website. Maybe we could say, for science, technology and biology in particular, control systems, transducers, information technology and networking are the same in any language.)
To add to the inseparable links between the Holy Spirit and the Son, we have the question asked by Philip, (John 14.8) "Lord, show us the Father,,,". And,,, the Father answered. Yes, there is also an inseparable bond between the Father and Son. (Short version: The Son, by the Spirit, speaks for the Father).
And then, another money shot verse in the New Testament. (Colossians 1:27) What was the secret, hidden in eternity, but revealed by the early, new testament church? "Christ in you, the hope of glory". But we know from other verses, that the Holy Spirit, sent by the Son, dwells in believers. There we have another inseparable bond between the Spirit and the Son, and now believers. An awesome mystery.
I'm fairly confident that whatever we say about that inseparable bond, our comments on that will only be the start. That topic would be inexhaustible, and graced with multiple understatements. It's a fantastic topic, and is relevant to our recent explorations, into our neighbouring suburbs.
Recently, we visited some local churches, and there is a common feature in many that wasn't there a few years ago. This is grandad writing this so, "a few years ago" might be thirty years ago. They sing songs to "King Jesus" and say they are, "Christ centered" churches. Nothing wrong with that in itself, but for me it rings some bells.
We worship a complicated God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In our thought bubbles, "The Father's outstretched, yearning arms and patient wait, the Son's visit, sacrificing love and scars, and the Holy Spirit's willing assistance and touch". We know that's the simple version, and we've just highlighted their inseparable bond.
We know from "The Lord's prayer", that the Father is the source of all blessings, and from other verses, he is the sustainer of all things, and we can receive an eternal destiny when the Holy Spirit is assisting us. So, in that context, it's not easy to work out what "Christ centered" means.
So what will do the damage in the New Testament age, for us today? The information, only found in the Bible, that the Creator and eventual Judge of mankind, is the humble, self-sacrificing Son of God. (The central theme of the Bible). Hidden for five thousand years, but given to the early church. A complicated God. So yes, the Bible is the property of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
But then, after that, wow, believers today seem to be in the same position as the believers who wrote the New Testament, and is the theme of this website.
Hidden in eternity, after another two thousand years, and only revealed to the generation living now, in the lifetime of this writer, is the gem that life is based on information technology and engineering. Written about many times: The Good Shepherd, the one who gave his life for the sheep, the volunteer, is also life's Engineer.
The "Word of God", "The sword of the Spirit", the Creator, the Son, the engineer, through whom all blessing flow, from "The Father of glory", gives new life to those who say, "There's something wrong with me", and turn to that person for rescue, and assistance from the one he sends, the Holy Spirit.
We now know, from passages in the Bible, that our Lord did what he did by the power of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, in obedience to the Father. So what can we say about life, from the perspective of this website? The machine code, written for all life, is the intellectual property of the Word of God, and from the above comments, also the property of the Father and the Holy Spirit.
We invite you to look back on some of our thought bubbles, to start to explore that complicated God, and to check the information for this generation. Hidden in eternity, and time, and revealed only now, to this generation. Life is based on DNA: Machine code, and nano-sized machines.
We will have a go at seeing if the old poems, on this topic, found on page 4 of this website, accessed near the bottom of page 3 (It's Cosmic), can be tweaked to look like our recent ones. I won't be holding my breath. April, 2019. Henri.
Special word *
Who is that one who split, Earth's history?
Is he the Word of God who spoke our rock
Into the Light of day, where souls can see?
The one who started off the cosmic clock?
Is he "The Bread of Life", our souls to feed,
The Way, the Truth, the Life, the only one?
His miracles shout, "Yes, yes, yes, indeed".
He is the loved, thoughtful, life giving Son.
The Judge of both the living and the dead,
So Owner of the 'special name' that saves.
He used a snack, to see five thousand fed:
"It's JESUS". He can lift above life's waves.
He knows the way to life, and yes, one day
Will touch our rock in his own special way.
22/5/2019
Cosmic steps *
Two thousand years before twenty-o-nine,
He walked as one of us, thirteen years old.
Each step moves with humanity's timeline,
And each confirms, the Keeper of the fold.
He is the 'King of kings' and 'Lord of lords',
The One who made the Universe, this boy.
Steps, in our skin, to feel what life affords,
And implement an awesome, cosmic ploy.
He always seems to take, the narrow way,
To pave the way, for us, to pastures green.
He'll place his gift onto the cross, one day,
But just for now, his goal will be, fourteen.
So now,, it's a two thousand year timeline,
From his pure gift, to twenty, twenty-nine.
Love to see it.
23/5/2019
I'm probably wrong with those numbers, but wow, it's thought provoking.
Emmanuel: Means, "God with us" *
Who is that one from, sacred prophesy?
Is he the One they've called, Emmanuel:
The thoughtful Son, born from Eternity?
Is he the mystic one, named Wonderful,
The "Logos": The Eternal One, who took
On flesh to mask, his blinding radiance?
Is he a central theme, in our good book,
With tips to hint at, veiled omniscience?
Yes, easy as, if there's no need to guess.
No other man can give our soul that lift.
His words and miracles attest, 'Oh yes!':
Eternal gift, who gave, that greatest gift.
'The glory of the Son', with flesh hidden.
His name speaks of an awesome unison.
23/5/2019
Logos: The Word of God *
Who is the one who hung upon, the cross?
Would that be now, God's offering for sin?
Could he be our Saviour and wow, 'Logos',
Who gave the gift of life, our souls to win?
Is he King David's Lord, and Shepherd too,
The one, and only hope for, lost mankind?
Our Rock, our Light, then Father's avenue,
Who, with a Father's love, is of one mind?
Is he that one, who'll weaken, every knee,
Whose Holy Spirit can, now souls indwell?
Was he the First, but hung upon that tree?
Is he the Last, with keys to death and hell?
The empty tomb shouts, 'All of the above'.
Our way, our Light, and essence of all love.
23/5/2019
Sacred calls *
Who is the one who holds supremacy?
Is he the loving one, Faithful and True:
That One who'll wrap time in eternity?
Would he be, "Alpha and Omega" too?
Emmanuel, to demonstrate his worth?
The one of radiance, our morning star,
And Ruler of the Kings of planet Earth.
Who draws humanity from near or far.
There's just no way to make life easier.
The Bible has his, "Yes" on every page.
He calls his own, throughout Australia.
It could be us no matter what our age.
His Sacred Verse, is all about, his care.
He loves, and has his destiny to share.
23/5/2019
Who's keen *
Who's waiting at our personal soul's door?
The one who wages war with love, so yes,
Waits patiently. He'll never force that door
Since he knows of the keys, to happiness.
He waits alone, his ear turned to the side.
He has a special gift, like good friends do.
His voice will touch a cord, as you decide
To open up that door, to let him through.
Don't panic when the cleaning isn't done.
He sees potential past that welcome mat.
You've just said, "Yes", to the Eternal Son,
Who's keen on dining in, how cool is that.
So turn your ear to make a move, say yes,
"Lord Jesus, come", excuse my tardiness.
24/5/2019
Some thoughts on the Lord's keys to happiness are found on page 3 of this website.
Deep space
If I, through space, could step into that zone
Where sky was new, and water crystal clear,
Perchance I'd overhear, '.. bone of my bone',
And catch the thrill of knowing you are here.
Each sight a touch of skill in your right hand,
Each sound, deep insight into all that's wise,
Each touch, the sweet aroma from this land,
And add to that your kiss, with each sunrise.
No wonder you could say, 'How good is this',
Where good sets good, from any set decree.
Your garden with no equal, through its bliss,
Because your spirit makes the depth for me.
Nothing comes near, if I could pause awhile.
Nothing, for sure, except maybe, your smile.
28/6/2019
Tweaked from our page 4.
( The Central Dogma of Biology. )
Eyes on the prize
In light of the thoughts on a complicated God, above, I would like to expand on our, often used, phrase, "Eyes on the prize", possibly addressing someone who might say to us, "You don't focus much attention on the fall, and how our rebellion is viewed, in the eyes of a holy God.". The short answer is our regular line: The evolutionists remind us regularly anyway, and it's ugly: Wars, disease, calamity and pain.
Obviously, this website is mainly focused on origins, but we'll have a go at a more extended answer, using biological and Biblical examples to assist us. The core of Christianity has been the same for two thousand years, but for ease, I would like us to count to four, just like in our grand theory of everything for science, because the message to humanity, from a saving, complicated God 'is' the grand theory of everything,,, of everything.
The first biological example we'll use is our modern term 'cancer'. The Bible regularly used leprosy as an example of our fallen state, and that is linked to dead nerves, but we will use the modern concept to illustrate the results of the fall. Somewhere I heard that cancer cells are normal, growing, maybe healthy, cells, but they are growing in the wrong place. That means, if they continue to grow, they will eventually kill the actual lifeform. Like slowly poking a stick through an organism.
So cancerous cells have somehow lost contact, nerves, or connections, have died, with the coordinating mechanisms of the particular body, and are still doing what they normally do, but they have no feedback mechanisms to tell them they are destroying the host. For us today, a body is an example of a system where, "Everything, in everything, is part of everything". In Biblical times, they didn't know of cells, so spoke of arms, head, eyes, feet, tongue, etc, as examples of how different parts coordinate together. All different, but all work together.
That said, and using the thoughts from, 'A complicated God', we can count to four by saying, for a normal, healthy Christian life, the process is, 1. The Father is the source of family, 2. The Son is in subjection to the Father, 3. The Holy Spirit is in subjection to the Son, and, 4. God's family, his Church, is in subjection to the Holy Spirit.
Luckily, I am not giving out any spoilers because the Christian message is bottomless at a personal and family level. Exactly like biology is bottomless at a cellular and organism level. So for a newbie and long time believer, there is a bottomless future out there, but the core is the same: The secret, hidden in eternity, is that the Father gave what was precious, to reconnect us back to himself, by the gift of the Holy Spirit.
We now know that the Holy Spirit, will always point to what was precious to the Father, the Son. So "Eyes on the prize" fits perfectly into that family theme, and we will give some Biblical examples to why this is a must-do step for us. First one: When Moses was leading his nation through the desert, out of slavery in Egypt, they went through an area where there were poisonous snakes, and people were dying.
Moses was told to put a glistening bronze snake on a stick and when a person was bitten, they should come and look at the gold-like snake to be healed. We find out in the New Testament, that event was a prelude to a Saviour being crucified on a Roman cross.
What's the Christian message? Eyes on the prize. What's the prize? It's a person, not anything else. It's the loving Son of God, who hung on that cross, to tip our world view upside down and tell us, humility, love and family win out in the end. "He who knew no sin was made sin for us".
What's the fall all about? It's the cancer of selfishness, destroying personal and family bonds, where we are bitten by the notions that we know what is good for us, God doesn't, and we know what we're doing, and we don't need God's assistance. But human history shows how destructive that line of thinking is. And we have the first lie ever told, in the garden, "God will hold you back".
We'll give three examples of "eyes on the prize" people, from the Bible, and we will see there is a common element. King David, the criminal crucified next to the crucified Saviour, and the apostle Paul. David wrote some of the Old Testament, Paul wrote a lot of the New Testament, and the criminal did nothing.
What's the common feature for these three, where an answer is linked to our biology example? All three were killers, who looked to God's provision for sin, and began a new life. All three have a heap to teach us, but we will give the short version. David became King of his nation, and then had one of his soldiers killed because he wanted the man's wife, but he went on give us the clearest pictures of a dying Saviour, before there was a dying Saviour.
The dying killer, on the cross, next to the Lord, gives us the clearest picture of what happens when we look at the prize, and see a dying Saviour. We know he was instantaneously reconnected back to his God because of the promise he was given. Nothing he had done in his past, or would do in his future, had anything to do with that reconnection. It's only what he did, right there, that accounts for the given promise. All he could do was look, acknowledge who he was, and see who was dying next to him.
Paul was a highly educated captain of his soul who took it upon himself to get rid of an insidious sect originating in his own country. He was part of a system that hunted these people down and had them killed, and we have a Bible story where he was involved with the killing of one of the new church leaders. But he went on to give us the clearest meanings of the dying Saviour, after the dying Saviour.
What does all this mean? All people are of the same mould as our three men. And that puts perspective on those of us who live fairly simple lives, think we're okay, and are just trying to get ourselves through the day. But all of us are connected to Adam, all of us live selfish, cancerous, unconnected lives, and all of us need rescuing, to reconnect us to the new system, linked to Father, Son and Holy Spirit. That is the not so very palatable way of putting our lives, but it's the stark reality, from a biblical perspective.
God owns us because he is our Creator, and he owns us again because he has redeemed, purchased, us. The person, humiliated, and hanging on a cross, was the sinless, Son of God, the Creator, and also nailed to that cross were all the cancerous things that we have ever done, and will do in the future. That's the picture we should be looking at. That's what Saviour means.
This resurrected one has a gift for us: His Holy Spirit to reconnect us back to himself and the Father of Glory, the source of all blessings. Our task? It won't be a self-improvement process, or being a good neighbour, or living an honest life, so won't be anything we can do in the future. Eyes on the prize is the go, always. Disaster around us, eyes on a dying Saviour, life falling apart, eyes on the crucified one, bad neighbours, eyes of that loving one, and, importantly, life going well, eyes on the humiliated one. Get the idea.
For those not familiar with some Bible themes, there is a theme in the Bible related to water. This theme opens up the conversation recorded in John Ch 4, where the Lord says he is the source of living water. Other passages tell us that this refers to the giving of the Holy Spirit. The same as in Psalm 1. The Son has saved us, in the past, but the Holy Spirit graces us with his presence, continually. Always unbelievable.
I won't write much more on this topic because I recently found a website that covers this topic perfectly. (faithpca.com). I think I have read all their articles and can say I agree with 98% of the content. That's fairly good for grandad. I just checked out all their articles, and didn't listen to any sermons, so go exploring. The theme is definitely, "Eyes on the prize", and is an expanded version of what I have just written.
One of the upsides of faithpca.com is that it contains all the Bible references on this topic. I didn't give any for the above, but there are lots for just that small article. Plus, a reminder that it's extremely difficult to produce an error free document. The typo errors on their website are easily identified, so are trivial.
In all of this, all of us are in the same position, but it's an awesome position if we allow it. Adam died when he was disconnected because of his cancerous selfish decision to rebel, while he was still alive, but was reconnected because he put his trust in the first promise made, to provide a Saviour in the future. When we, the disconnected ones, look at the prize, we die to Adam's disconnection, and are reborn, while we are still alive, to be reconnected by the Holy Spirit, given to us by a Saviour in the past.
All Christian sects, and some conventional churches, add something else to this core message, so it's a minefield out there. What do we say? Guess. Four words and I'm not going to tell the Holy Spirit how to do his job. The biggest hurdle for anybody, and this is highlighted by faithpca.com, is that our reconnection only happens once, and we are prone to think it cannot be that simple, so we try and take over, thinking we should assist. Don't do it.
We invite you again to visit that website, faithpca.com, to check out the grand theory of everything,,, of everything, and also make sure to check out our GTE for science at the bottom of page 28 of this website.
Whoever you are, in the context of what we have just written, the Saviour we write about is an all sufficient Saviour who has died for whatever tag you have tagged yourself with, and whatever tag other people have tagged you. The Father of Glory loved, gave, searched for, and provided for the lost, to be reconnected to himself. Our simple core message, and the company we keep, although unpalatable, keeps our feet on the ground, soul in the air, spirit connected, and head up. That's the overview, so go exploring. 6/7/2019 Henri.
Cosmic scene
A walk through sacred pages puts us here.
This scene, a 'garden promise' would fulfil,
As cosmic forces charge the atmosphere,
Wrought on this well-known execution hill.
Our steps have cast light on this dying one
Where Love's response to sin is dominant.
Forgiveness and cleansing, in full, will run,
From this, our loving volunteer, now spent,
In blood, and water on the spear and nails
Of hate. Dare we ignore this dismal scene,
As Love, and justice rule, and Satan fails?
Ten thousand no's, as on this one we lean.
The Lord of Glory hung mid earth and sky.
He took judgement so to this place we fly.
6/7/2019 (From our page 4)
The law
Two ways for life are Love, and family.
Its light illuminates all truth and grace,
And shone, through time, into eternity,
So is fulfilled as loving arms embrace.
He is the Morning Star, life giving Sun,
The power, and the life, for everything.
He loves, and is the loved eternal Son,
By whom, rivers of living water spring.
The Author of all real love stories told,
So hopelessly romantic from his core.
His sharing saving actions will uphold
Life's underlying base, 'Love is the law'.
Oh contemplate on choice, and family.
The way, the truth, the light, to destiny
7/7/2019 (From our page 4)
Awesome details
Today, for us, we step on unveiled ground.
The height allows a view of hidden space,
With Hubble eyes, to flood and to astound
With power from that awesome fire place.
That light fuels rising wonder to persuade
Our consciousness this one, is irresistible.
Our view includes a garden promise made
Back when, so past that tree. Unthinkable
Would be some fail. The fire place attests.
And now we know more details in the way
His promises were kept. This vision rests
Upon two thousand years, to present day.
That time unveiled his plans for us to see.
Grand plans so we can share one destiny.
8/7/2019 (From our page 4)
End of August 2019 comments
We have decided to start a new page, page 33, so we'll make a few comments to finish this page. Over the last few weeks, I've been proof-reading 'Afterglow' again, and making edits. We have also completed our written version of our presentation on the "Central Dogma of Biology". And that's on page 13 now. Page 13 had not been used up to now. ??? So, I am about to repeat myself again, but, oh well, what's new. Also I've just finished re-reading Stephen Hawking"s book, "The Grand Design", and I'll make a few comments.
I want to make some extra comments on initial and final states, used in scientific experiments. Stephen Hawking uses the terms frequently. Remember, some of our initial states are, 'nothing', heat, atoms, DNA, etc. We target our comments to those people who could say, 'you're not addressing evolution theory', as in, natural selection, changing gene frequencies, etc. Remember, evolution is a continuum going through all our initial states to all the things humans do, and think.
With our thought bubbles, because we need to pad out some lines, if we want to get our line lengths the same, you may have picked up on the trend that we use the words, though, wrought, through, thoughtful, etc, more frequently. One of our expressions is, we ask readers to, 'step through' something. We're not hinting at stepping through a door, or something similar. The term, 'step through' comes from my programming background, mainly with microprocessors.
If a programme has been written and it needs de-bugging, regularly there is a feature there, maybe a push-button, where the programmer can increment the process through steps of one. Press a button, what did that do, what are the variables doing, what is the readout showing, etc. Press the button again, what happened then? Get the idea. That's exactly like the way we use initial and final states. "Zip soup"? Press a button. What happened after that to give a proto Universe with stuff in it?
We are asking evolutionists to 'step through' their theory, in a little bit more detail, rather than just assuming their theory is true. That happens to be the answer to our question, "Why don't you address evolution theory more?" Also, we have read multiple articles from people who do address evolution theory, and the results are mixed. Also, we are keen not to copy anybody's ideas, but as can be appreciated, that's unavoidable. We give comments when we do use someone's ideas.
If we use our frequent expression, "Rocks turned into men", is that an un-controversial statement? For us, oh yes, that's on the other side of controversial, because almost every world view has the proto Earth as a ball of rock (initial state), and then, here we are, mankind, to contemplate about it (final state). Is that addressing evolution theory? No, it's not. So what are we doing? In all of our situations where we use final and initial states, we are pulling their chain to see how the evolutionists will react. Get the idea?
They do exactly the same thing when they ask us about alternatives to the established, overwhelmingly proven, scientific theory of evolution, which, for them, is as sure as gravity. They obviously want us to say, "Goddidit", so they can have a giggle, and say how horrified they are that anybody would believe that in our modern, scientific age. What's our line on that? We have, not them, life based on recognizable information technology and machinery, so we, not them, own the programming and networking found in all life. Mind first, then matter.
If you have checked out some of our previous content, you will know we have written about that many times. In this context, we'll make a comment on a frequent line from Cornelius Hunter, "Darwin introduced story telling into science". It's a quaint line when first encountered, almost missed in passing, but the more evolution theory is encountered, the more that statement rings true. What's our frequent line: Debate is not about the evidence. And yes, we whole-heartedly endorse Cornelius Hunter's insight.
Comments on Stephen Hawking's, The Grand Design: Most of the book is on the history of science, with his main premise built on Young's double slit experiment. He easily slips into the mode of alternatives histories for the Universe. That was probably used in "Infinity Wars", where Dr Strange heads off into the future to work out how to win the war with the bad guys. His view, with multiple histories, still comes back to having 'Nothing' evolving into everything. Surprise, surprise.
For us, we regularly use the term, 'non-equilibrium' for the processes that drives evolution. We are able to say that Stephen Hawking describes the concept as well, but he uses the term, "irregularities". All good for us, and, of course, a lot of story-telling on the path (steps through) from 'Nothing' to advanced information technology, which runs all of life. Because his book is on the physics of the Universe, a lot of time is spent writing about the proto Big Bang. He writes, p166, "These irregularities would produce minuscule variations in temperature", and, here we are to write about it.
What about fine-tuning of the Universe? Yes, he concedes it's there but that's no problem because we have all those exoplanets and the Multiverse, which make all those improbabilities and fortuitous 'goldilocks' parameters disappear. So, no worries. But let's bring the debate right back to where we started, with "Contemplate the Universe". The real debate is about what came first, "mind or matter?" We obviously think mind came first, and so we are confident in our stance when modern industry concepts are identified in cell biology. Discussed on page 13.
For the start of our next stage, we will use the concept of, a "New future" for page 33. (Taken from one of the last chapters of Afterglow): Open heart, new future. Make sure to check out "The Central Dogma of Biology" training aid, page 13, accessed from part way down our home page. We are confident that our comments are not the result of quantum irregularities. Also our GTE, starting page 28. On page 33, we might put up some rewritten poems, not on the website yet, rewritten prior to finalizing the content of Afterglow. Keep the dream alive. Henri.
A look at pre-conceptions.
And then a look at the future.
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