I just finished Death by Black Hole by Neil deGrasse Tyson. What a wonderful book. What a challenging mind! "So the Universe wants to kill us all. But, as we have before, let's ignore that complication for the moment." I love the tone of the book. I am listening to him right now. He wrestles with so many thoughts, that I couldn't begin to capture them. He does end with a thought near and dear to my heart. He eloquently states that we cannot stop scientific pursuit with the statement that "Man can never know that, only G-d understands that." (my words, not his)
Now, let me pull some thoughts together. "The spoken word of G-d (the creation) and the written word of G-d (the Bible) are in perfect agreement. If they appear to disagree, go back and study more." Agreement here is the key word. They inform each other, but the speak different languages. They have different purposes. A screen play and a movie review both relate to the creation of the author.
I heard Stephanie's pastor talk the other day talk about "mysteries" in the Bible, about facts that were once part of the knowledge that people did not know. As these mysteries were revealed, people knew more about G-d's life and character as well as their own. The mysteries of the universe were once hidden, but the longer and the harder and the more ways we look, the more we find.
I celebrate all the many, varied, and unusual ways Mr. Tyson and his colleagues search for the answers to all the why's. I call it looking for G-d's finger prints.
Go Neil!
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