John has seen The Light

 “My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally.” – John Dominic Crossan, New Testament Scholar & Former Catholic Priest                       

                                                                                                                                             

   What is John saying here?  I don’t think he is talking about The Holy Bible (both New and Old Testament), but that he is talking about any bible driven faith.  If John was a Former Catholic Priest, then his raising, or at the very least his higher education was based on Faith, not reason or logic or history.  But obviously John has come out of The Fog of Faith.  He has entered the world of the wise.  John would now be agnostic, that is one who questions and realizes that the many answers available are not provable, but can be subjected to logic, reason and data.  He has entered Thomas Paine’s Age of Reason.  It is an age of questions not answers.

   If there is a purpose for each of us to go through life’s experiences it seems to me that it would be to be aware, to question and possibly reach wise probable theories.  If there is no purpose … so be it (enjoy the ride).  It matters not what the answer to the question is.  Whatever is … is and each of our opinions has little effect on truth.    

   So what am I asking of you, if you are a person of faith?  I am asking you to give up a beautifully created delusion, capable of enriching your life or warping it (an example of this is the current news from The Holy Land).  I am suggesting honoring your awareness to a system that allows for the existence of All that we perceive.  The miracle of it All becomes available to you.  You do not have to imagine the purported parlor tricks of God for your amusement.  “We all live beneath a Miracle and we each sing our little song (the song of life).”  GOD* does not break his rules (the system or systems).  As science evolves it hopefully approaches truth.  It is a never ending journey, by design.  Join John.

Cheers, Old Buz     May 7^th, 2024

“Born an agnostic and with the help of GOD* will remain one.” – Old Buz

*GOD – an acronym (G.O.D.) for Grand Omnipotent DNA – The system (rules) guiding the Universe as researched in the ever evolving study of science. 

Science Lemmings

   Science Lemmings pretty much follow the philosophy of any other group of lemmings.  Lemming groups are represented by such groups as Religious Lemmings, Political Party Lemmings, Family Lemmings and Patriotic Lemmings.  The members of lemming groups don’t primarily think as individuals.  They follow a respected leader.  Some call it faith.  The Science Lemmings once believed that the sun circled the Earth.  This belief was shared by the Religious Lemmings and pretty much everyone else.  It was a popular belief.  By observing the sun from the Earth each day, there was little reason to question the belief.  Belief changes with time, unless it is religious belief.

   Science Lemmings of today pretty much universally believe in The Big Bang Theory.  My understanding of the theory is that about 35 billion years ago a bit of matter, the size of a pinhead exploded BANG and from this explosion the material universe was created.  It has the feel to me of something from nothing, or nearly nothing to everything in the universe.  My experience when questioning anyone in the Science Lemming group is that they believe in big bang, but they can’t actually explain the transaction.  They cannot produce the mathematical formula behind the theory and if they could I probably wouldn’t understand it.

   Neil deGrasse Tyson did say in a Video that I watched that he did believe in the Big Bang Theory and when asked where it took place, he said here, where the Earth is now.  He further explained that anywhere in the universe where the theory is applied, will be the point of origin of the big bang.  I would guess that Neil has a working understanding of the formula.  So the exact location of the bang was anywhere and everywhere.  That is a problem for me.  How could it be?

   Tyson is a very bright man.  I believe that the Science Lemmings may have one small error in their formula.  I see them as tracking awareness, not matter.  That would say that at the moment that life began anywhere, awareness began and awareness is of the Universe.  I don’t know if not living objects have awareness, but I would guess that they don’t.  The concept that the existence of matter requires awareness is not new to Buddhists, but I don’t know that the Buddhist Lemmings associate their beliefs with the Big Bang Theory.  I would offer this concept to the Buddhists, but they probably have no faith in me.  Ho hum.

Cheers, Old Buz   11/24/2021

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