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“Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.”
~ Rembrandt van Rijn
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[27] Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
John 14:27
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That may have been why I had to read your post twice. Lol! You may be interested in St. Aquinas' Five Ways. They are the arguments for a creator from an original mover perspective.
Thank you! and Peace be with you!
Here is an article on Aquinas's Second Way
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On second read of your reply, I might have misread your premise. Yes, science can never answer the why or how. Cheers!
The article's premise that a Creator exists is not from what we don't know.
It makes the argument for a Creator from what we do know of the mathematics.
This is not a "God of the Gaps" premise. Thank you for your lively reply!
It looks like that agitated clown needs to read a book about them magnets!
Yeah... that's the ticket! Lol, Cheers!
Caravaggio, The Taking of Christ, c. 1602
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THE MOST GOLDILOCKS IN ALL OF PHYSICS
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The fine-tuning of the universe is one of the most compelling arguments for the existence of God. Fine-tuning refers to the “just right” initial conditions that were set into the equations that govern physics and how they effect life.
One of the most finely tuned parameters in physics is the entropy of the universe. It refers to the initial low entropy state of the universe, which was necessary for the existence of life. If the Big Bang Theory is correct and the universe started with a massive expansion, our newly formed universe was not a chaotic soup of energy and matter. It was quite the opposite, it was orderly. This is because of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This law states that there is a natural tendency of any isolated system to degenerate into a more disordered state. This direction towards disorder is called entropy.
The entropy of the universe was fine-tuned to such an exquisite degree. Physicist Roger Penrose estimated that the odds of the initial low entropy orderly state of our universe occurring by chance are on the order of 1 in 10 raised to the 10th power then raised to the 123rd power. [1] This number is absolutely unfathomable odds, even in the world of physics and mathematics. Basically, there would be a VERY large number of universes in which the entropy would be so chaotic in the beginning that it would be uninhabitable for life; before one is formed that could sustain life.
This leads to the view that the equations that govern physics and in turn life were designed to be just right for life to exist.
[1] Penrose, Roger. (1989). Emperor’s New Mind. Penguin Books. 339-345.
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ALEISTER CROWLEY’S ALIEN
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Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was an English occultist, writer, and ceremonial magician who played a significant role in the development of modern Western esotericism. He gained notoriety for his involvement in various mystical practices and his influence on occult and spiritual movements.
One of Crowley's lesser-known aspects of his work involves his encounters with an entity he referred to as "Lam." In the later years of his life, Crowley was known to have engaged in a series of visionary and trance-like states, during which he claimed to have communicated with a being he depicted in a drawing as a somewhat androgynous figure with a large, bald head and slit-like eyes. Lam bears a remarkable resemblance to the speculated alien grays in popular UFO lore.
This resemblance does bring up an interesting possibility. Crowley was called by the tabloids of the day the “Wickedest Man In The World,” and a “Master Of Darkness.” He was defiantly trying to communicate with beings from other dimensions, what we could call demons. It is very possible that the aliens that are encountered are in fact demons and not visitors from another planet. This would have profound and even biblical implications if true. It would mean that we are most defiantly alone in the universe, unique and miraculous creations. It would also mean that the UFO phenomenon is an encounter with a spiritual realm that we know little about.
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ARISTOTLE’S UNMOVED MOVER
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The Greek philosopher Aristotle was one of the first philosophers to address the issue of the causation of the universe. According to Aristotle everything had a cause that brought it into existence. In turn that cause had a cause that created it. This chain of causation extends back into the past. However, that chain couldn’t be past eternal as one first cause was necessary to initiate the chain of causes. This, he named the unmoved mover, “ὃ οὐ κινούμενον κινεῖ” translated into “that which moves without being moved”. [1]
[1] Aristotle, Metaphysics XII, 1072a.
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“The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.”
~ Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian
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Fossil Friday: Did the Cambrian Explosion Really Happen?
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https://evolutionnews.org/2023/08/fossil-friday-did-the-cambrian-explosion-really-happen/
SERPENTS THAT HAD THE WINGS OF A BAT
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Herodotus, respected Greek historian who lived in approximately 450 B.C., once wrote:
“There is a place in Arabia…to which I went, on hearing of some winged serpents; and when I arrived there, I saw bones and spines of serpents, in such quantities as it would be impossible to describe. The form of the serpent is like that of a water-snake; but he has wings without feathers, and as like as possible to the wings of a bat (n.d., emp. added).”
Herodotus recognized that such creatures were not birds, mammals, or insects—but reptiles with wings.
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NOT YOUR AVERAGE RIPPLES ON THE BEACH
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An aerial photograph of the West Barr area on the western side of the Columbia River in Washington state. This area is a large version of the current ripples you may see at a beach or river. However, these ripples are over 24 feet tall and spaced 360 feet apart and were formed by huge floods that carved out a large part of the state. The massive current required to form these giant ripples would have been at least 600 feet deep and flowing at over 65 miles an hour.
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Image from the Washington Geological Survey (Washington State DNR)
WON’T EVEN LIFT A FINGER
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In the depiction of God’s creation of Adam by Michelangelo, it goes unnoticed the subtle differences in the two hands. God’s hand is on the right and is eagerly reaching for the finger of Adam, on the left side of the fresco. Adam, however, is not reaching for God’s touch.
Adam is displaying the trait that is in all of us, pride. It is pride that makes us not even lift a finger to connect with God the way he wants us too.
It is our failed belief that we don’t need God to exist… That we exist without our creator’s hand.
This premise is as absurd as the painting existing without the painter.
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