Archive for February, 2013

Gender Bias — Definitely: Part Eight (Regulated Expansion)

Thursday, February 21st, 2013

To assist the people of Israel, on their way to a more stable understanding of the mission that the LORD was burning into the fabric of their culture; the LORD sent them some assistance. It is worth noting that the LORD did not punish their ignorance by neglecting them. God did not say, of the people; that they would just have to return to the law of Moses, and do their best to re-establish their devotion to it. As before, with the priests and prophets, the LORD sent them assistance. To appreciate this assistance, let us go back to the time that it first appeared, in the time of Moses. Actually, we will show that it appeared in two parts: one political and the other spiritual. The political part is seen in this communion that occurred between two servants of God.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

And Moses’ father in law said unto him,

      The thing that thou doest is not good. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee:

      Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

(Exodus 18:13-22)

The spiritual part is seen in this communion among several servants of God, and the LORD, as negotiated on the nation’s behalf by Moses.

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The Power of Something from Nothing: Part Three (Only ONE Something from Nothing)

Monday, February 11th, 2013

Definable: No

Understandable: Yes

Procedure: Component Analysis

Process: Self-Introduction

Tool: Revelation

Intermediate: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. (Acts 17:24-28) The preceding words may give one the impression that the search is bottom-up, so to speak: this is not how it happens. In our journey to any little bit of understanding of the only ONE something from nothing, we are limited to having the tool of revelation thrust into our life space: we are the recipients of the process: we are not its author. This is the same tool that all other scientists have employed, throughout our existence. For instance, we did not search out the sun’s rays; rather, the sun’s rays came to us. Then, along with the sun’s rays came a few other revelations. Here is a random sample of the introductions that were done by the sun’s rays: IlluminationHeat

Cold (which is defined as being the absence of heat), with its associate, discomfort

The utility of brightness, along with, the relative restrictions of extreme darkness

Photosynthesis

Curing of products

Solidifying of certain substances and liquefaction of others

Various forms of burning.

Through that one thing, we received all those introductions, and more. We are dependent on the introductions that reality makes; this is immutably true. This does not mean that we are restricted to those introductions; for, we, humans, have an almost unique capability to fashion broad-based introductions, of our own making. For me, this is summarized in these words.

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