I think that we need to get back to the point that we're all in search of truth. The fact is that we have only had modern science for a little over 400 years, and it's incredible what we've accomplished in that time. I find it amazing that it was only 66 years from us first taking flight, to us landing on the moon. We are a clever species, and we should be proud of being able to change our mind when we learned that we've been wrong about things. I have always said that a wise person is always trying to prove themselves wrong, not prove themselves right. I have made an interesting observation when I talk to people about God; no one can seem to agree on what it is. The usual definition is God being the word we use to describe all that there is, all there ever was, and all there ever will be, and interestingly, this is the same definition as the cosmos itself. After spending the last 4 years studying evolution, astronomy, physics, and my current project of 'trying' to understand quantum mechanics, I have found that there are so many things that we, humans, have discovered that are not common knowledge. The more I've learned, the more I come to appreciate how little my previous understanding of god was, especially growing up a JW. Just listening to scientists explain things to me wasn't enough; I needed to learn the math, look through a telescope, and be put in my place over and over again. If there is one thing I have noticed, it's that the universe works in a bottom up way, and not a top down kind of way. This is difficult concept for people because we treat our society in a top down fashion. The leaders do what leaders do, and everything is described as trickling down. Kids learn from people smarter than them, but we forget that those kids eventually come of age, and surpass the teachers, and become the pioneers on the frontier of discovery and broaden our understanding of the world we live in. I feel that we're all describing the same thing, but some of us need to assign a personality to the to the natural laws of the universe. Like Nicola Tesla once said: "What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics". This is a common thing for humans to do because most people think emotionally, and we need to be emotionally attached to something. Ancient, and especially primitive cultures were polytheistic because they needed multiple gods to describe the different things that we don't understand. They were essentially individualized personality traits of their one god, but that was too difficult to explain to people with little to no education, therefore, a new name and face was given to the single personality traits. God of war, God of love, God of fertility, God of thunder..... Father, Son, Holy Spirit..... All one, but all different. We are basically doing the same thing now. Chemistry, Biology, Geology, and all other personality traits (if you will) of the universe. Who's to say that these things can't be quantified into one theory of everything? We have different tools to work with to uncover the greatest mysteries of the universe than people did hundreds and even thousands of years ago. We continue to refine our understanding. Example: The earth was flat, then it was circle, then it was a sphere, and now we can measure with such accuracy to know that the earth isn't even a sphere, it's more pear shaped. We never needed to explain what time is because everybody knows what it is, and is already intimately acquainted with it, as Isaac Newton said. Little did he know that we can describe time, and it's wrapped up in a beautiful 4-dimensional package with space, and time is relative to your speed and mass across the fabric of space. Again, we are all looking to understand the universe we live in, and we need to live with a sense of purpose. I find purpose by doing my best to make the world a better place, and live a life of altruism. I do it because I feel that it's the best way for our species to live a happy and fulfilling life here, and I am proud that I don't do good things because I feel like I need to impress anyone. We're all in this together, and we need to push each other forward, not pull each other along.
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There is science that prove God exists
by HopeEverLasting injehovahs witnesses think that just the bible is proof that god exists but they are wrong.
there is another mode for how he exists.
now we all know many scientists who are creationists now weren’t creationists until they examined the evidence for themselves.
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