This Sunday the pastor preached about time, God, evolution, and creation. He came from the perspective that a longer time line than the fundamentalist with their 7 day view of creation shouldn't throw their faith.
I agree with his premise, even though I am a fundamentalist. The timeline of creation is a secondary doctrine, not essential for salvation. We have only to look to the Cross to be saved. The Holy Spirit leads us into all Truth in His time.
I am patient with my pastor on this doctrine because for years I was a preacher of the gospel and entertained the notion of evolution at the same time.
His sermon sent me on a search to understand an area of science called string theory, the attempt to unify quantum mechanics with general relativity.
After reading material for a couple of hours in which I only understood one word out of 20, I crawled perhaps a half inch closer to understanding the universe.
The reason why string theory interests me is a startling observation made in quantum mechanics. 2 quarks were observed to spin in opposite directions, and when one reversed direction, it's mate also reversed without any measurable laps of time. It appeared the quarks were connected, perhaps with a string like substance.
Which brings me to my point. The Word claims that God the Father and His Son the Lord Jesus Christ are totally connected to His creation, in all times, past, present, and future. The Word not only claims He is connected to all, He gets total informational feedback from all, He controls all, He sustains all.
As we run head long into technological knowledge, we are learning how to make machines as small as nanos. Working from the assumption that there is a Supreme Being Who did not grow into His understanding, but understood it completely from the get-go, it would not be hard to imagine this Being creating His own proprietary technology of strings to connect Him to His creation, to supervise, and control His creation. Indeed, each connection could even be a doorway for Him to personally step through and check on his Creation.
Dr. Who introduces to entertainment the TARDIS, a living machine created by the Time Lords, that travels anywhere the pilot (and sometimes the machine itself) desires. The inside of the machine is bigger than the outside, enabling the machine to land anywhere and disgorge its occupants, and hide itself inconspicuously among the background.
We are learning that we can create anything our minds can conceive. If there is a Supreme All Knowing Being, it is more than probable He has done the same.
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