God Design

 

 

The universe and life are complex and understandably so because nature started about 14 billion years back; selecting, discarding, evolving, adding layer upon layer. Science cannot be story told but at the same time the magic of the universe cannot be for the scientific community alone but for everyone on this planet. There is no easy way to explain creation and this blog is written keeping in mind the first-time astronomy-genetics reader with an intent to fascinate and springboard you to the next level of reading on the creator and his creation. I hope you enjoy this blog.  

The quest to understand God's design If we go back in time to the forests of Africa, we will probably see an ape, our ancestral grandmother, which gave birth to the first human and what a journey it has been for humanity since then. While the first humans probably gazed at the stars in wonder, we have been able to send humans to space and even a spacecraft outside our solar system. We have ambitious plans that every child is born without deformity or inherited genetic defects. While science is about facts, religion is about faith and trust, about the Divine. O n October 22, 1996, while addressing the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope John Paul II explained that between apes and humans is an ontological discontinuity which runs counter to physical continuity. The moment of transition from physical - which is the field of science, to the spiritual cannot be the object of scientific observation but the experience of metaphysical knowledge, of self-awareness and self-reflection,...

  “ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" - Genesis 1:1   “ We are made of star stuff" – Carl Sagan   Without a doubt, we are all mesmerized by beauty, be it art, poetry, nature or whatever the eye of the beholder, the universe is one such beauty and is truly amazing . We know that the universe is vast and living things are complex, but it is by understanding the laws of nature that we truly understand the magical universe we live in. The magnitude of creation is breathtaking and hence our humility and belief in an invisible hand, the creator. We now go on a journey to the cosmos and all you will need is your imagination to understand this incredible universe. Humans may be tiny beings, but we stand tall, shoulder to shoulder with the monstrous and celestial objects of the universe and why not? After all we were conceived in the stars, we are made of star stuff as Carl Sagan famously remarked. Scientists have been able to derive the laws of the unive...

We read in Genesis that God created the universe in seven days and that God created man from dust, but we know from science that it took billions of years for the formation of the universe, that man evolved from apes, and we are a part of nature. The book of Genesis and the parables of Jesus are timeless because they are interpretations with an underlying principle, the medieval church took the meaning literally, they believed that Earth was the center of the universe and with their geocentric view, caused much damage to science and scientists which set back science by hundreds of years. It took the church 350 years and the grace of Pope John Paul the II to absolve Galileo of any wrongs. Two thousand years back Jesus spoke to us in parables but even today we refer to these parables as they are a guiding force, so what are parables? A parable is a story, a direction, an indication , a parable is not to be taken by its literal meaning, or you will miss the point. If you have ever tried ...