STORY TELLING
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Wow!
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What
makes you say "wow"?
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Louis
CK video.
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My
flight to YZF last week.
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Don't
ask... Just enjoy.
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Awe...
awwww... awesome.
MESSAGE
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Let's
talk about the creation of the heavens and the earth.
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When
did it happen? Most agree sometime between six thousand twenty years ago and
fourteen billion years ago.
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No
humans to observe the beginning.
Depending on who you ask, "we" didn't come along until sometime
between five days and 14.9998 billion years after creation began.
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Tradition-based:
Genesis 1 (order to chaotic sea); Genesis 2 (growth of the earth); Proverbs 8
(artisan). Start now as work back. Explain what exists now. No need to explain creation beyond human
experience.
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Evidence-based: scientific observation focused on 'laws' of
physics. Reverse engineering an
expanding universe.
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"How"
the universe came into being is a scientific question.
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"Why"
the universe can into being is a philosophical question. Philosophy is influenced by spirituality.
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Spirituality
can pick up where science leaves off.
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Interventionist
God versus Artisan-and-Observer God.
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Free
will versus Dictatorship: Gareth Higgins video.
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God
wants to be discovered more than God wants to control us.
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Is
there space between the extremes worthy of our delight and joy.
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Case
of self described "a-theist" Rev. Gretta Vosper and West Hill UC
(Scarborough: Toronto ON). See Toronto Star article.
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Does
it matter if we think God exists or not?
What is the advantage or draw back?
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Proverbs
8 "artisan" and/or "child".
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The
poetry of metaphor give language to beliefs... but we don't believe in the
metaphor, but in what it represents.
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Our
actions are most authentic when they are consistent with the beliefs behind the
metaphors.
Let us pray:
God of All, thank you for the enjoyment of the life you
gave us. Each breath we take is a
miracle and we are grateful. Amen.
#226VU “For the Beauty of the Earth” (tune #81VU)
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