"In the beginning God" Moses was no fool. Educated in Egypt by probably the smartest men in literally the entire world, Moses knew philosophy, he knew how to structure an argument, and he opens with a line that ended up laying the foundation for the written works that followed after him for thousands of years. One of the the oldest writings in the entire world starts with this statement, "In the beginning, God." The philosophy of "in the beginning" has been one that has withstood the test of time. Every generation has had their own "In the beginning" statements. This centuries "in the beginning" statement was said best by a series by Stephen Hawking, the opening line of the series stated this, "in the beginning, there was nothing." Our generation has answered this age old question with their own statement, yet none have said it like Moses. Moses tells it like it is! Because to ask this fundamental question is to answer back, God.
Infinite energy and infinite mass contained in zero volume, our current explanation for what was before things where. In all our supposed wisdom, in all our science and philosophy, we still cannot come up with a better explanation than God. We have simply come up with "scientific" ways of saying the exact same thing. In the beginning, something that is nothing, created everything, something outside of our experience and understanding and knowledge. This is at the foundation of natural science. Little do most realize that the theory of naturalism starts with the exact same statement as Moses made to open the greatest liturgical written work in the history of the world, close to 4,000 years ago. Moses built a philosophy, science has built a Philosophy, yet, both say the same thing. Science is the study of God, much to the dismay of Steven Hawking and many since the beginning, "Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." 1 Cor 3:11
I do not post this to rile either side of the issue, only to set a foundation off which you can base your understanding of my points. As you will discover, I think the notion of trying to prove the existence of God is a practice In futility and totally meaningless. I wish to show you my imagination, to explore the philosophy I profess, that is that all men search for the same thing, whether it is Moses in his opening line of the Bible in Genesis 1:1, or Einstien and his Big Bang Theory. All man answer the same question with the exact same answer. I believe that if God exists at all, He is that unanswerable question, the one untestable constant of existence. I study God because I believe that answering that fundamental question is the whole point to life itself. The point of my life is to know.
Great thoughts Timothy! You are a great writer!!
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