At a new point of awareness the soul started to be creative in its expressions.

Commentary by Michael
Posted on: 8/21/2010 07:02 am

Hey Javier, I apologize for the bluntness in my message below. I have two issues with your post and I don’t know how to get them across in any better way.

1. I find it presumptuous of people who think they can interpret God’s intentions. If Genesis was inspired by God then I’d have to accept it as it is inspired, i.e. as it is written. You keep trying to teach us “how God meant his word to be” (Post 152) and “what God intended it to be” (Post 154). Excuse me, but where did you get this gift of reading God’s mind?

2. You are getting into this faith-versus-science argument in which you assume that science is trying to arrive at some anti-Biblical conclusions and that it has mud on its face because of all these so-called “gaps”. This view of science is totally wrong. Science is not the antithesis of religion. Charles Darwin, for one, was a religious man who certainly did not set out to disprove any Christian teachings. He was simply in search of knowledge, as all of us should be.

Faith is by definition a belief in something for which there is no proof. There is nothing wrong with faith, but newfound knowledge may from time to time disprove some of our long-held beliefs. When this happens some of us choose to embrace the truth, as Darwin did, while others choose to ignore the truth and live in denial.

Science is not faith. Believing in the big bang or any other unproven theory is faith, but respecting the scientific process and its logical conclusions is not faith. It is reality.

I don’t know how the universe was created. Maybe there was a big bang, and maybe not. What I do know is that the Genesis version of creation is not only full of “gaps” but also chockfull of flaws. And God does not inspire flaws.

Commentary by Charles Fiott
Posted on: 6/28/2010 01:50 am

Re post 153 - Hey Charles, as for genesis being a solid clincher for creation, I agree with you; it’s certainly not a blue print, but rather a quick synopsis for creation. I do believe God intended it to be that way for without faith it is impossible to please God. I have come to a realization that God did not inspire the book of genesis to prove his existence, but rather to let us know there is a complicated force behind all of creation. However, there is a scientific theory that does support genesis’s explanation; the Big Bang theory does suggests that the universe can be traced to a single point. I’m not a biologist or scientist, but I do know that there are many views depending on which scientist you talk to; not all scientist are on one accord when it comes to creation. The fact is that even today science is faced with many gaps and by leaving God out, many claims can be stretched against the biblical account for creation. Therefore, It’s evident for any belief one chooses to embrace, whether biblical or scientific, both require an enormous amount of faith. I respectfully accept anyone’s views on creation as an matter of where we place our faith. I certainly do not judge or convict anyone opposing my faith for that is not my job but that of God the creator: for those who doubts his very existence, this statement is no cause to be alarmed. As for me, at one point in my life I was a skeptical on the existence of God, but life’s curves and through age maturity I realized that whichever view I choose to believe, ultimately its basis is faith. Yes, there is evidence to support some of science theories, but there are also many gaps, so I choose not to focus on every detail that may or may not be, I rather focus on the creator him self.

Commentary by Javier Cavazos
Posted on: 6/23/2010 19:05 pm

Re post 152 - Dear Javier, I respect your opinion that there is a creating force behind everything and that this creative force may be God, but I don’t think it addresses my argument. What I’m saying is that the writers of Genesis lacked the most basic knowledge of the universe and therefore Genesis could not have been inspired by an almighty and omniscient God. Trying to get the story of creation from Genesis is like trying to learn a language from someone who doesn’t know how to read or write.

Commentary by Charles Fiott
Posted on: 6/22/2010 23:10 pm

Here is a response to post # 148 so as to challenge the concept that assigns no creator to the Heavens and Earth;. throughout all of our existence; all that has been made, considering only that which is “man made”, nothing has been made without a driving force behind it. For instance, the ancient Mayans built these huge pyramids that to this day intrigue us all to say wow what a driving force for creation. How were they able to build such complicated structures without the help of domesticated animals and most puzzling without the invention of the wheel? Henry Ford is credited as the creator of the automobile and the Wright brothers known for the creation of the ability for Humans to fly. I can continue but, you should by now know where I’m going with this. Let me ask you, what can you use as proof that was man made that did not have a driving force advocating its existence? To my knowledge, nothing has been made by man without someone willing it to be or actually doing it themselves. So I believe man made creation to be but a mere glimpse of a picture of how creation works. I’m not here to argue that science has it totally wrong because they may be correct on some of their finding. I am however, pointing out the fact that whether thru the process of scientific theory’s or other explanations; if we look for evidence into our own Human creation, it always points to a creating force behind it. I believe God to be that force for the Heavens and Earth and until someone can point to a man made creation that just appeared into existence, only until then will I ever toy with the idea of the creation of nature as just being a coincidence with no driving force behind it. As for the Word of God it is not complicated yet it is not easy to understand, and that’s why we find it confusing and questionable. However that is how God meant his word to be, for if it was easy as the book by Dr. Seuss Green Eggs and Ham there would be no need for God to ask that we seek and search his word.

Commentary by Javier Cavazos
Posted on: 6/22/2010 22:07 pm

The Christians belive the Bible to be the word of God and therefor take it to be true. If it is man’s fault to interpret and understand it correctly,why God and His word be blamed for it?

Man has shed blood not only for his religious beliefs, but for his struggle for powers, propoerty, women etc. How can I discard truth for reasons of man’s faults?

Commentary by Jayant Christian
Posted on: 6/21/2010 01:47 am