My Master’s thesis was an interdisciplinary approach to the evolutionary nature of Man both from a historical and a developmental perspective. It was an exploratory study of how we can use our historical and developmental evolutionary inheritance to help individuals with disabilities. Simultaneously I was personally involved in religious study. Those 2 intertwined into and nourished each other in wonderful ways I haven’t thought about in years. (That thesis was written years before we had today’s technology with hours of typing and re-retyping and literal cutting and pasting being the technology of the day.) The new technology that began to evolve looked so promising (word processing anyone?), but it now indeed looms large and potentially destructive. Are we to be the fallen angels, going to war with God only to be plummeted into the hell of subservience to our own creations? Thank you for including this delicious essay in your Substack. And I so look forward to your discussions on this deeply relevant conundrum.
Hmmm. I was sceptical about sub-contracting the essay out. It's a bit like a rail replacement service. But this is actually incredibly good. Thank you. It raises some very interesting questions.
This may sound simplistic, but I can't help but think that we can only measure man by looking toward God and proclaiming His glory and goodness in the world. This past weekend I sang in a choir for a memorial service for a wonderful man who loved God above all else and loved each person. We sang "The Majesty and Glory of Your Name" by Tom Fettke (in case anyone wants to hear it, the Festival Choir on YouTube does a beautiful job). Here the second phrase asks "O what is man that you are mindful of him?" quoting the same verses as in this post (such good timing!) It ends in rising Alleluias and it puts hearts in the right place, noting that it is who God is that puts everything else in right order. Live like God is beyond us, perfect and holy and just and yet reaches down and values us enough to redeem us through his only begotten son.
Advances in the technological tools of science have allowed us to discover and observe the most minute building blocks of matter, of our very cells, which further confounds our search for definition - an inner space as vast and mysterious as the the universe we are beginning to explore. That we are made in God's image becomes more concrete, more comforting, when greater physical knowledge fails to enlighten our understanding of "what is man."
A point I keep making to our Materialist friend is. Pick a year (1875) Based on what was known (through science) a reasonably good argument could have been made that there is no God. The problem is as we have leaned more and more (through science) those arguments have gotten weaker and weaker until today I Really don't see how they hold up. I Really Don't.
While the pioneer journeys of the past were physical, the present and future seem to be more ideological and religious. My belief is that the spirits being sent to Earth today will have a Clear choice between
Carrying the burdens of the world on their backs, or taking it in their hand and becoming gods unto themselves. From what I have seen of the young men coming up, Many of them are up to the challenge. I thank God almost every day for the WORD. It is after all, "quick and powerful and sharper than A two-edged sword." Is not man What he always was? An agent of either God or the devil. Thank you for your essay.I can't wait to get your book.
My Master’s thesis was an interdisciplinary approach to the evolutionary nature of Man both from a historical and a developmental perspective. It was an exploratory study of how we can use our historical and developmental evolutionary inheritance to help individuals with disabilities. Simultaneously I was personally involved in religious study. Those 2 intertwined into and nourished each other in wonderful ways I haven’t thought about in years. (That thesis was written years before we had today’s technology with hours of typing and re-retyping and literal cutting and pasting being the technology of the day.) The new technology that began to evolve looked so promising (word processing anyone?), but it now indeed looms large and potentially destructive. Are we to be the fallen angels, going to war with God only to be plummeted into the hell of subservience to our own creations? Thank you for including this delicious essay in your Substack. And I so look forward to your discussions on this deeply relevant conundrum.
Hmmm. I was sceptical about sub-contracting the essay out. It's a bit like a rail replacement service. But this is actually incredibly good. Thank you. It raises some very interesting questions.
One could say they peaked with Truman lol 🤣
This may sound simplistic, but I can't help but think that we can only measure man by looking toward God and proclaiming His glory and goodness in the world. This past weekend I sang in a choir for a memorial service for a wonderful man who loved God above all else and loved each person. We sang "The Majesty and Glory of Your Name" by Tom Fettke (in case anyone wants to hear it, the Festival Choir on YouTube does a beautiful job). Here the second phrase asks "O what is man that you are mindful of him?" quoting the same verses as in this post (such good timing!) It ends in rising Alleluias and it puts hearts in the right place, noting that it is who God is that puts everything else in right order. Live like God is beyond us, perfect and holy and just and yet reaches down and values us enough to redeem us through his only begotten son.
"The Majesty and Glory of Your Name" by Tom Fettke (in case anyone wants to hear it, the Festival Choir on YouTube does a beautiful job)
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Advances in the technological tools of science have allowed us to discover and observe the most minute building blocks of matter, of our very cells, which further confounds our search for definition - an inner space as vast and mysterious as the the universe we are beginning to explore. That we are made in God's image becomes more concrete, more comforting, when greater physical knowledge fails to enlighten our understanding of "what is man."
A point I keep making to our Materialist friend is. Pick a year (1875) Based on what was known (through science) a reasonably good argument could have been made that there is no God. The problem is as we have leaned more and more (through science) those arguments have gotten weaker and weaker until today I Really don't see how they hold up. I Really Don't.
While the pioneer journeys of the past were physical, the present and future seem to be more ideological and religious. My belief is that the spirits being sent to Earth today will have a Clear choice between
Carrying the burdens of the world on their backs, or taking it in their hand and becoming gods unto themselves. From what I have seen of the young men coming up, Many of them are up to the challenge. I thank God almost every day for the WORD. It is after all, "quick and powerful and sharper than A two-edged sword." Is not man What he always was? An agent of either God or the devil. Thank you for your essay.I can't wait to get your book.