Remaking America by George Shollenberger, Idea 100 + XX (Intelligent Design, Xa)

In this blog, I discuss the contributions of Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716) to man’s knowledge of God’s Intelligence Design. His major work challenges the universe developed by England’s Isaac Newton (1642-1727) and the physical atoms developed by England’s John Locke (1632-1704). I agree with Leibniz’s challenges because I disagree with Newton’s ‘billiard-ball’ universe and Locke’s physical atoms. Instead, I agree with Leibniz’s universe (or New System), his indivisible atoms, and his new meanings of space and time. Leibniz’s popular infinitesimal calculus originated during the development of his New System. My book on ‘The First Scientific Proof of God’ presents his New Syetem.

Leibniz sought a debate with Locke on atoms. But Locke died before it was started. His preparation for this debate is found in ‘New Essays on Human Understanding.’ It is translated by Peter Remnant & Jonathan Bennett in 1982. The New System, the indivisible atoms, the new meaning of space and time, and the debate with Samuel Clarke on Newton’s universe are found in the 1973 book on ‘The Philosophy of Leibniz’ by G. H. R. Parkinson.

The above work of Leibniz is connected to the indivisibles of Nicholas of Cusa and Galileo. Leibniz shows these connections on pages 120-121 of Parkinson’s book, There, Leibniz says, ‘The atoms of matter are contrary to reason, besides the fact that they also are composed of parts, ... It is only atoms of substance, that is to say unites which are real and absolutely with no parts, ... They might be called metaphysical points: ..." The atoms of substance are developed in his Monadology. To modernize them, in my book, I call them spiritual atoms. They are the souls of everything found in the universe. In humans, the soul is mind. All atoms of substance are immortal and cannot be destroyed by nature. Thus, human life is continuous and endless.

Since humans and lower animals are perceiving things and can sense things, the perception of God is absolute. Although humans cannot perceive God, human perceptions can conceive God with reason. Since God’s perception is absolute, God can perceive the behavior of every substantial atom. Thus, an important question is, ‘Is God active or passive with respect to these substantial atoms? In my book, I show that God and man can exchange information. I also show that God is connected to his creation. So I conclude that God is active.

The work of Leibniz and Parkinson’s 1973 book are needed by every nation. But Parkinson’s book came too late to install in the USA. Thus, it was too late to prevent the assassination of President Kennedy, prevent the development of a drug culture in the 1960s, stop the U.S. Supreme Court from removing school prayers in 1967, and stop U.S. colleges and universities from turning away from God. Without the Parkinson book, by 2009 the education of U.S. citizens lost its world leadership.

After the USA landed on the moon, almost forty years passed. During this period, science fell and technology began to rise. When will science return to its position of leading technology?