A New Degree of Freedom
With this new degree of freedom, I will move my interest forward and into some of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the work of Germany’s Friedrich Hegel. One particular teaching of Jesus interests me because I believe that Jesus is saying that the universe is eternal and thus has no end. It also implies that a reincarnation theory could be true. This teaching also confirms my use of the opposing concepts, permanence and change. I have used this pair of opposites often and used them again in yesterday’s blog.
This interesting teaching of Jesus is found in the KJV at Ch. 24 of Matthew. There, Jesus speaks of the darkening of the sun (verse 29). At that time, people were taught that earth is at the center of the universe and that the sun rotates around the earth. However, modern science found that earth rotates around the sun. Jesus thus had knowledge that no one else had at his time. Because Jesus offers lots of new knowledge for his time, I concluded that his teachings are of divine origin. Modern science also confirms the saying of Jesus that the sun darkens. But, this darkening will not occur for a few billion years. So, I don’t believe that Christ will return to planet earth for many, many, many, .... etc. years.
Based of this single teaching of Jesus, I conclude all humans must learn how to live together. And, wars must become the last resort to any human social problem.
10 Comments:
At 3:14 PM, Anonymous said…
"There, Jesus speaks of the darkening of the sun (verse 29). At that time, people were taught that earth is at the center of the universe and that the sun rotates around the earth. However, modern science found that earth rotates around the sun. Jesus thus had knowledge that no one else had at his time."
What has the darkening of the sun to do with the fact that the earth rotates around it?
At 9:31 AM, George Shollenberger said…
response to Ian Aznavour,
The darkening means that the sun is dying. As it dies, the light from it will decrease and will ower the temperature of earth. The light of the moon will also fade away and earth will begin to fall into the sun where the temperature will eat the earth. This fall is why different patterns will be seen in the evening sky.
Without God, no man or woman will survive this event.
At 10:11 AM, Anonymous said…
"(...) once a new idea is found, logical reasoning must be used to prove the new idea."
1. How do you use this logical reasoning to prove that Jesus existed and was a divine creature?
2. How do you use this logical reasoning to prove that higher intelligent humans already live on other planets?
At 12:32 PM, George Shollenberger said…
response to Arantxa Zelig,
I do not prove the divinity of Jesus Christ. I make a very strong conclusion based on the structure of his ideas and their newness.
A proof of human life on other planets is not yet available to our minds. But, I think the proof will not come until science widely accepts a proof of God and used spiritual atoms of the universe. The matter of things in the universe is Spirit, not something physical.
At 5:35 AM, Anonymous said…
"A proof of human life on other planets is not yet available to our minds. But, I think the proof will not come until science widely accepts a proof of God and used spiritual atoms of the universe. The matter of things in the universe is Spirit, not something physical."
So you fail to live up to your own maxim ("once a new idea is found, logical reasoning must be used to prove the new idea"). You don't use logical reasoning to prove your new idea (the existence of human life on other planets). Please be consistent and remove this idea from your website.
At 5:38 AM, Anonymous said…
George, please answer my question: what has the darkening of the sun to do with the fact that the earth rotates around it?
At 9:59 AM, George Shollenberger said…
response to Arantxa Zelig,
You are not interpreting me properly. After my proof of God and spiritual atoms are widely accepted, I mean that proofs of life on other planets will be possible. The proof of life on other planets must still use logic.
At 10:09 AM, George Shollenberger said…
response to ian aznavourian,
When the sun begins to darken, at some time earth will no longer be rotating around the sun because it is in the sun and has became nuclear fuel for the fusion energy furnace of the sun.
At 7:56 AM, Anonymous said…
I must confess I am having a hard time believing you. I mean, a couple of months ago you even wrote that the light of the sun reaches the earth in about a second, while every sensible citizen knows that it takes 8 minutes for the sunlight to hit the earth's surface.
That doesn't really enhance your credibility, does it?
At 10:59 AM, George Shollenberger said…
response to Keith Steiner,
How many time do you want me to admit the same writing error? I wanted to sau "seconds' which is correct for my thoughts at that time Enough is enough.
You will also probably say that a photon has no mass.
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