Well Dear Reader, I remain quite
busy. I think you often, but have had deeply limited internet access as of late. That said, I will try to do better.
Apology aside, I'm currently reading "The Language Of God" by Francis Collins and it
is absolutely wonderful. Admittedly, I am pretty awful at
science. The worst grades I got in any courses in college with in
biology and chemistry classes. All the memorization, the lab works, etc, there was nothing about those classes I was skilled in. In fact, science nearly endangered my college enrollment
before things got turned around.
Despite all of that, the implications of science are fascinating to me.
That we poor humans can learn the truth about the workings of the
universe, a truth that doesn't depend on a certain way of thinking, a
certain set of ideas or ideals just amazes and delights me.
Collins is a person who finds the hope of God in the
great complexity and reality science describes. He shows a faith
that is big and strong enough to survive contact with reality. He's
able to maintain a faith without denying the basic truths
about the world we live in.
It's awesome.
I'm also reading a book, Luke Timothy Johnson's "Living Jesus," that, true to its title, discusses the reality of the living Jesus. Not just the dude who lived 2,000 years ago, but the person who is alive today and still working in the world. The book's point is that when Christians move from celebrating the Holy Mysteries of the Resurrection to treating these miracles as problems to be solved, we miss the point. Somehow I think the views of these two books work together.
It's awesome.
I'm also reading a book, Luke Timothy Johnson's "Living Jesus," that, true to its title, discusses the reality of the living Jesus. Not just the dude who lived 2,000 years ago, but the person who is alive today and still working in the world. The book's point is that when Christians move from celebrating the Holy Mysteries of the Resurrection to treating these miracles as problems to be solved, we miss the point. Somehow I think the views of these two books work together.
Now hear me out. I think that figuring out the mechanics of God's Magic is crap
game that misses the point. Christ's message is how to treat each other like human beings. To read it looking for esoteric clues seems to me a rejection of His message. It's saying to Christ, "What you
were telling us, that whole 'do unto others' and 'don't judge,' and
'love each other,' that's not good enough. We need strange teachings to
make us better than other people."
But I seem to be rambling.
More later. Affectionately yours,
CombatQueer
Collins is a person who finds the hope of God in the great complexity and reality science describes. He shows a faith that is big and strong enough to survive contact with reality. He's able to maintain a faith without denying the basic truths about the world we live in.
As Galileo Galilee put it: God has written two books: the book of Scripture and the book of Nature.
Posted by: SnowdropExplodes | August 16, 2009 at 11:49 PM