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I watched a documentary on TV this morning. It was about Black Holes, and Worm Holes, and the Age of the Universe, and the Big Bang. I chuckled often, and I learned a lot. It was not, however, a comedy show; and despite what I learned I would probably fail the exam prepared by the three experts.<\/p>\n
For an hour the experts on Zoom guessed as often as they asserted, and confessed to the ifs<\/em> and what ifs<\/em>. There were many shrugged shoulders, and a lot of confused giggles. So I giggled too. They spoke of \u201cchanged hypotheses,\u201d even some of Einstein\u2019s. Of course, black holes and the Big bang theory were not even in textbooks a century ago\u2026 and might not be, a century from now. These things, I learned.<\/p>\n What interested me, but did not surprise me, was that during an entire hour without commercials not one of the three scientists \/ experts \/ metaphysicians (whose domains are reputedly first things and origins) once<\/em> mentioned God. Or Creation, Or the Bible. Not even as \u201cone of those crazy beliefs,\u201d or even \u201cwhat people used to think.\u201d<\/p>\n Such lovers of self \u2013 that is, reliant on their own wisdom \u2013 are the ultimate Deniers in this age when \u201cdenial\u201d of any form is a virtual criminal offense. To ignore even a passing nod to the belief system of swaths of humanity over millennia is not an upward step toward enlightenment, but a descent toward baser ignorance. (By the way, this Big Bang idea sounds suspiciously like the first chapter of Genesis, sanitized of the Creator\u2019s Name, doesn\u2019t it?)<\/p>\n The natural questions were not asked, and I think never answered: What was<\/em> there the moment before the Big Bang? If there is an End or an Outer Limit to the Universe\u2026 what is one foot beyond<\/em> it? If there is creation, there ought to be a creator; so who or what made the Big Bang go bang?<\/p>\n If I don\u2019t have metaphysical answers to these questions, they would claim that citing \u201cGod\u201d is crutch of convenience.<\/p>\n OK. I plead guilty. Supporting my belief \u2013 my faith in such things \u2013 is the Word of God. I believe in Jesus as God Incarnate, and He stated His firm belief in Genesis and all such biblical accounts. Good enough for me; better than good, in fact.<\/p>\n And so forth. In such discussions as on TV, God is not a last resort of the ignorant. He is the source of knowledge and wisdom about First Things.<\/p>\n If I knew<\/em> the answer to such matters as discussed \u2013 and way before my head starts to hurt \u2013 I would be<\/em> God. He is; He knows; and He disposes.<\/p>\n In the meantime, if pinheads who chatter about Black Holes and Worm Holes and Big Bangs can accuse us People of the Book of being superstitious and ignorant seekers of fairy tales\u2026 I invite them, every time they say, \u201cmy best guess is…\u201d or \u201ccurrent theories suggest…\u201d or \u201cscientists now believe…\u201d to put on dunce caps and sit in the corner until the next round of guessing games.<\/p>\n As I said, I am extremely and honestly interested in scientific discussions and speculation, and even archaeological discoveries. It is, for instance, astonishing to see how many figures and cities and events in biblical history so recently dismissed as \u201clegends\u201d have been confirmed by artifacts and even entire buried cities!<\/p>\n Another \u201cfirst thing\u201d should be an attitude of humility when it comes to\u2026 well, when it comes to the things of God. We might get though life a little better if we trust Him in all ways and in all things, from everyday setbacks to election defeats, to choose two matters at random.<\/p>\n Even if doing so can make our heads hurt a little, we must remember that God does not require of us that we understand everything, but that we trust Him and obey everything.<\/p>\n And as Matthew Harrison Brady said, \u201cI might not know about the ages of rocks, but I do know the Rock of Ages!\u201d<\/p>\n + + +
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