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Monday, April 25, 2011

The Hand of God (A Layman's Perspective)

    There is a theory that man's evolutionary development may have been pushed or assisted by the influence of gamma or cosmic rays originating from supernovae or even from powerful magnetic solar storms or sunspots from our own sun. These gene-altering rays  impacted on or collided against and unhinged man's DNA or gene structure, somehow putting man's evolution on a fast track. I understand even the eminent science author Carl Sagan had adhered to this view.  In short, it is not merely the Darwinian "survival-of-the-fittest" imperative that led man to adapt and become what he is today. Since earthly life apparently could be traced back to exploding stars eons ago, it comes as no surprise to me that star activity continues to influence us. But where did the stars come from in the first place, and where did the idea or plan or scheme or design turn  to the reality of starbursts then all the galaxies, this planet and then man? To date, scientists are mired at the portal of the Big Bang or the Singularity or the first Black Hole, for they could not see or measure the metes and bounds of a Divine Creator. Yet, they agree that there must be an invisible Dark Matter as well as another undetectable Dark Energy which explains the existence and present state of our cosmos. Isn't it simpler, easier for us to accept and understand that we and the whole universe are-- in God's Hands?
     Imagine a creative artist about to do an art work, say, fingerpainting.  He puts four globs of multi-colored paint in the cup of his hand. The 4 globs equal the 4% (our entire visible universe) and the cup of his hand the 23%  Dark Matter that holds the visible universe intact.  As the artist spreads out his palm, the paint flows all over his fingers allowing him to paint and color his canvas, (which we now imagine approximates the 73% Dark Energy being postulated by the scientists and which also sort of explains why all the galactic material and star systems are rapidly expanding out and away from one another... or being daubed or spread out on the infinite canvas of  space...  God, the Creative Artist, is at work.

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