There were two trees in the Eden narrative. We’ve looked at the Tree of Life in the last two posts, now we need to examine the other, more infamous tree – the Tree of the Knowledge of God and Evil. Eating the fruit of that tree led to Original Sin, and death. Why would gaining…
The key to becoming like God is to be righteous. We become more righteous by becoming more right. The best way to become more right is for someone with all the information in existence (God) to guide us. We can only accept that guidance if we are willing to be contrastive, otherwise known as humility. …
WARNING – this post is chock full of scientific stuff. Depending on how technical you are, it may take a couple of reads to sink in. I apologize in advance for any resulting aneurysms. The physical universe is the result of a First Cause. The First Cause is defined in the information source known as…
Based on human understanding, we know that the First Cause of existence is “right” and “just”; righteousness and justice describe the nature of the First Cause. The Judeo-Christian Bible gives us more details about the First Cause (God). Most of the characteristics that we attribute to God (merciful, holy, compassionate, all-knowing, all-mighty, etc.) are the…
NERD ALERT!! The following post discusses themes that fascinate science geeks such as myself, but may bore, annoy, anger, or give migraines to normal well-adjusted people. Proceed with caution. We’ve established Causality as a cardinal governing force of existence. Causality states that every effect has a cause, and that cause is independent of and greater…