It is
not about the discovery of truth.
Not exact matches
(«Still
not as scary as a @verizon bill» he wrote recently, linking to an article
about the
discovery of spiders with stinging tails.)
With the recent
discovery of anatomically modern humans evolving 100,000 years earlier than previously estimated, it's
not out of the question that our ancestors did a lot of moving
about.
We are
not only talking
about being able to beat computers at chess again but to boost our information processing and creativity — to accelerate medical
discoveries that cure cancers, for example.
«He
not only advanced our understanding of the universe and its contents by his
discoveries, but by provoking us to think
about how the cosmos works,» said Tothill.
If he had
not had people to talk to
about physics he would
not have been able to make his
discoveries.
Honestly, I don't worry
about price
discovery.
But his work on the HGP and his genetic
discoveries are
not exactly coffee table conversation so I don't feel that if a person does
not know
about it that they are dumb or hypocritical.
@fimeilleur actually i can back up the claims i make both personally and historically, one example Abraham, Machpelah (actual location of his tomb and remains along with 5 others in Israel right where they are supposed to be) Kedorlaomer king of Elam, (defeated by Abraham and recently discovered) it is said Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.More than that Abraham saw God and spoke with Him,
not the god you are on
about that men use to justify their evil intent, but the God who has created all things, the God that no one especially you can
not contain.Ignorance is your choice but that will
not negate the existence of God in any way.No one that i am aware of has all the answers at this point regarding spiritual things, evolution or evilution there are areas God has
not yet revealed to mankind but every day more is discovered.I find it amazing that God is big enough to share
discovery even with those who would reject Him.
For more — just
about all Scientific
discoveries proves there is «order»
not «caos».
«Despite the tremendous increase in geological activity in every corner of the globe and despite the
discovery of many strange and hitherto unknown forms, the infinitude of connecting links has still
not been discovered and the fossil record is
about as discontinuous as it was when Darwin was writing the Origin.»
But before expressing this belief, Fr Holloway makes a general remark
about the nature of scientific knowledge which may serve as an introduction to Polanyi's refutation of Scientific Positivism and his proposal that science is Personal Knowledge: «It is most significant that here, as so very often in the
discoveries of science, it was
not the inductive data which was the real beginning of the breakthrough in knowledge, but a deductive vision glimpsed through scanty data which thrilled and excited the mind... from then on the hunt is up for the clues and the final proof.»
And it is all in God's plan when new
discoveries show that past interpretations of Scripture regarding the physical realm were incomplete or inaccurate, and He expects us to be constantly seeking to align our understanding with our
discoveries,
not to cling to interpretations
about the physical realm that arose before more facts became available to us by the use of our God - given curiosity and intellect.
We do
not need to reject or twist defined doctrines in order to present our faith credibly in this new age of
discovery, neither do we need to distance ourselves from the scientific consensus
about the natural world.
And we find that the deepest
discoveries of modern physics and mathematics give hints, if
not proof, that the mind of man has something
about it that lies beyond the power of either physics or mathematics to describe.
In other words, the scientific materialist maintains that there is a conflict between science and religion, and that it is intrinsic and a priori, in the sense that it would exist even if science had
not yet made any definite
discoveries about the world.
Scientific
discoveries in physics or biology do
not disprove the existence of God, but in my view do just the opposite by uncovering some of awe inspiring complexities of this universe that could only have come
about through a creator.
Who among us has
not been affected, and perhaps somewhat troubled, by the dramatic new
discoveries about the stars, atoms and life on earth that have taken place in this century?
Even when I was a believing and practicing Christian, I realized that regardless of their beliefs, doctors still saved lives, made
discoveries, scientists still learned more
about the world we live in... the idea that all knowledge has to be attached to the «creator» or it is somehow tainted or suspect, just doesn't pan out when you look at it logically.
For weary generations the Jews have
not ceased to toil, sweat, groan, travail, and endure the sufferings and experience the sorrows of a misunderstood and despised people, all in order that they might come a little nearer the
discovery of the truth
about God.
If we should learn that Caesar has an egg for breakfast on that fateful Ides of March this
discovery would relate to a change in our information
about the thing, but would
not effect a change in Caesar himself from a non-egg breakfaster to an egg breakfaster.
Within this is there no time for standing still by found treasures, to built palaces of knowing sure around them Every treasure found is a stimulation to start seeking for other
discoveries, Because we can never know fully and can never know Him fully,
not even think
about understanding Him fully.
This new presence can make us brave, and bravery — even more than theoretical acumen — is the antidote to oppression because acts of bravery lead to new perceptions; in contrast, acts of shrewdness, even when they are subject to correction, lead only to new tactics and so can
not adjust their essential aims or lead to new empirical
discoveries about the world.
Its driving forces are commerce and urbanization,
not scientific «proofs» for the nonexistence of God or the unreliability of the Bible or even
discoveries about the nature of the material world.
The obligation to bear and communicate such meanings against his natural feeling and thinking was the ground of Jeremiah's
discovery of his selfhood as «I.»
Not the reception of the Word as such but the necessity to decide
about it was crucial to the formation of this structure of existence and to its preservation and strengthening in the Jewish community.
Some might argue
not, on the grounds that metaphysics speaks
about such general features of reality - of being as being - that it can
not be affected by
discoveries of particular contingent facts
about the world.
Believe it or
not, these sorts of
discoveries will eventually trickle down into theology, requiring us to rethink much
about creation, prayer, the afterlife, the flow of time, and numerous related subjects.
Some scientists continue the assumption of the rationality and goodness of man; with such confidence in progress one does
not need to be concerned
about the uses that will be made of one's work, since it is assumed that the end result of all
discovery is beneficial.
I suspect
not the
discovery of some medical history
about what motives helped introduce some new technology, nor the announcement that it is symptomatic of the dying body
not to want food.
Newbigin is absolutely right that Christianity, or at any rate Christian mission and apologetics, is always involved in a pluralist tension — the tension between confidence in God and uncertainty
about living out that truth in the world, between faith as God's gift and understanding as a form of growing
discovery, between knowing who God is and seeking to bring that knowledge into situations of despair or resistance,
not to say anything
about the diversity and conflict of views among self - avowed Christians.
Religionists are miffed
about this because their beliefs are the GOAL,
not the product of a process of
discovery.
Now it is
about the proper roles of men and women, same - sex unions and divorce and having children and a host of other questions once thought
not to be political, and all of them somehow entangled with and ever returning to the conflict created by the Roe v. Wade
discovery in the Constitution of an unlimited abortion license.
Just as the
discovery that sodium chloride has properties
not exhibited by sodium and chlorine in isolation tells us something
about the nature of sodium and chlorine which we could
not otherwise know, so too the existence of subjectivity in combinations of atoms that make human brains tells us something
about the nature of those atoms that make those brains.
Truth can
not contradict truth, so when I read
about the recent
discovery of gravitational waves I was both excited, as a physics teacher, and delighted as a Catholic, seeing in this another sign of God's creative power and wisdom manifested in the universe.
Professor Ayala illustrates the very fashionable Catholic diffidence
about the import of recent
discoveries about the nature of the universe, whilst Clive Copus, who helpfully flags up the dominance of Ayala's school of thought at the Rome evolution conference last year, proposes the «Intelligent Design» (ID) argument that some parts of the universe point to God, and by implication that some don't do so nearly so well.
What
about the fact that the Bible stated the earth was round before Galileo ever made his
discoveries... once again attesting to the divine nature of the Bible... address that... do
not gloss over it.
This point was reinforced
about 200 years after Newton when Albert Einstein's
discovery of general relativity produced the modern theory of gravity — capable of explaining
not only the behavior of our little local solar system but also the structure of the whole cosmos.
All it would take is one major archeological
discovery, but until, or if that day comes what we «know» for sure
about the world must be grounded in what we can prove and spirits just don't fit into that category for me yet.
It's taken me a long time but I couldn't be happier
about my latest
discovery.
Actually it wasn't even my idea... Allie suggested it to me as we were chatting
about what I should do with my exciting
discovery of meyer lemons.
The latest
discovery about 2k18, however, is that it seems that Lonzo Ball will
not be the only member of his family on the video game.
Halloween is right around the corner, but in light of my recent
discoveries about damaging effects of artificial colors and flavors (and petroleum and coal tar) in candy, I haven't been feeling very excited
about a holiday that promotes candy consumption.
One surprising
discovery is that the health concerns of late - preterm births don't disappear until
about 39 weeks gestation.
[Ed Note: Back in the summer I trumpeted my
discovery of Dina Rose's blog, It's
Not About Nutrition.
Anyone
not familiar please read the legend
about his math
discovery as a young child http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauss)
Researchers say that parents should be informed but
not alarmed
about the
discovery.
The current Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu had earlier in a Citi News interview said he was
not «too surprised»
about the
discovery.
Evangelicals have lower science education and participation rates than the general population, suffer from a strain of anti-intellectualism within their ranks, are
not always well served by a commitment to revelation over
discovery, and possess undue trust in religious leaders — particularly in areas
about which those leaders generally have little expertise, he said.
Diet isn't all
about calories in and calories burned — new
discoveries are showing that what you eat can have a surprising effect on your body and mind
And if the researchers can find those first species to recolonize the crater, the
discovery could teach us
not only more
about the dinosaurs» demise, but also how life survived similar events billions of years earlier.