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View Article  What does the conceptual framework of modern science have to offer us? Part II of II

What does the conceptual framework of modern science have to offer us?

 

Part II of II

...The sun was now assumed to be the center. But science was not going to stop there.

 

Science would proceed to move the center of the universe even further from earth.

 

As time progressed, science learned our sun was far from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

 

Science would teach us our sun was only one of the millions upon millions of stars making up this galaxy.

 

Our galaxy would then lose its proximity to the center of the universe as we discovered the existence of millions upon millions of other galaxies, all similar to our own.

 

Millions of galaxies, trillions of stars, science was expanding our universe and with it, expanding our understanding of the size of the Causative Force.

 

Modern science was offering each of us humility.

 

 

Humility is the state of being humble, not proud.

 

It was the Christians that believe people “are to live with a whole-heartedness which excludes pride of any kind.

 

Even so, it was to be the Christians that were to have the greatest difficulty accepting the idea that “man” was not the center of creation.

 

Even today, we have not let go of the idea that we are, somehow, the center.

 

We will not let go of being the center until we understand our significance is not tied to being the center of

 

View Article  What does the conceptual framework of modern science have to offer us? Part I of II

What does the conceptual framework of modern science have to offer us?

 

 

 

Part I of II

 

Copernicus, Nicolas, 1473–1543 … Architect of the heliocentric theory of the solar system. Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion, William L. Reese, p. 140

 

 

You cannot ignore what you see, and with this idea, a new understanding developed.

 

We were not the center of the universe.

 

With this announcement, modern science took its place as one more means by which we, as individuals and as a species, were able to understand our position, our purpose, our perceptions of what we are.

 

Modern science brought us the realization that we cannot ignore what we see.

 

Ptolemy’s idea of the earth being the center of the heavens had been accepted for over 1,400 years. Copernicus made this idea a thing of the past.

 

The earth, which humankind claimed as its home, was no longer understood to be the center of the universe.

 

Humankind was no longer at the center.

 

To be continued: Part II of II: The sun was now...
View Article  What significance does the Big Bang Theory have to offer other life forms in the universe? Part II of II

What significance does the Big Bang Theory have to offer other life forms in the universe?

 

Part II of II

 

...Why pick color as an example? Color is one of the traits many people use to judge each other. But color is not what is of importance.

 

Change in awareness is what is of importance.

 

Is it really logical to expect the type of impact one’s contribution would make upon total awareness to be based upon color? And just what does this have to do with other life forms in the universe? If we cannot overcome the obstacle of color when we interact with individuals within our own species, how are we going to deal with unusual shapes, smells, thought process, and value systems other life forms will surely have?

 

The Big Bang Theory begins to elevate our understanding of the significance all life forms have to contribute to the Causative Force, terrestrial or otherwise.

 

 

Color is only one of many examples we use to judge other members of our species. Gender, age, sexual orientation, size, intellect, power, wealth, ethnic background…

 

We have made great strides towards moving beyond these surface level traits for judging people, but we have much more to do.

 

We must look for ways to accelerate the process of becoming more tolerant. If we are to step into space, we will most likely have much greater differences to deal with than just these humanly differences.

 

The Big Bang Theory, by helping us understand the growth and death of our universe, helps us understand the concept of what may lie beyond it and the significance each life form may have to offer eternity.

 

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What significance does the Big Bang Theory have to offer other life forms in the universe?

 

 

Part I of II

 

All life forms are equal, regardless of race, color, creed or appearance.

 

 

The individual contribution to eternity now becomes the contribution of a changed awareness.

 

As an example, take the concept of color. How light is absorbed or not absorbed by matter is what causes light. Observing color changes awareness. This change in awareness has nothing to do with the color itself. The change in awareness has to do with change and change is an abstract idea separate from how light reflects off matter.

 

This change in your awareness is an abstract event. An abstract idea is not concrete in nature like a tree or a rock.

 

The awareness of the event is what will live into eternity, not the event itself.

 

 

To be continued: Part II of II: Why pick color as an example? Color is one of the...

 

View Article  Panentheism: What does panentheism say regarding the whole?

Panentheism: What does panentheism say regarding the whole?

Issue One: The Whole Itself

 

Balance sheet: Symbiotic Panentheism

 

The concept of panentheism can be discussed from the standpoint of several points of view. As such let me ‘sound bite’ panentheism in the language of four basic arenas:

 

            Ontologically:    panentheism – all in ‘God’

            Metaphysically: panentheism – all in ‘Being’

            Scientifically: panentheism – all in ‘Consciousness’

            Mathematically:panentheism – all in ‘The Universal Set’

 

In all four instances – ‘God’, ‘Being’, ‘Consciousness’, ‘The Universal Set’ - the words pertain to the noun form as opposed to the verb form, in other words the terms pertain to the entity of the concept as opposed to the passive or active state of the entity.