What with the statements, "Let us create........in our own image............in the image of God created he them male and female". "For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and they two shall be one flesh." A good place for science, wouldn't you say. Solution: they ate from a tree that showed them a difference between good and evil; knowledge and ignorance; light and dark; etc. They must then be separated from the tree of life less they live forever in their error.
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > Merriam-Webster defines the word “do” as ways we act, behave, get > alone, fare, manage, happen, finish and serve, among others. Often > our actions require our ability to rationally ascertain the context of > our actions, the possible consequences of our actions and the ethics > of our actions before we do anything. Or do they? Our actions, I > think, like our words, are very clear indications of our state of > mind. Sociopaths would act differently than saints in the same > circumstances, because they bring to the moment, a different frame of > reference, different viewpoint and different foundation for action. > > There are psychologies to both doing and doing nothing. Yes, there > are rational-emotional models of the factors that predispose humans to > do nothing. And there are theories of the psychology of action, > which take into account reasoning abilities, emotion, attitude and > other factors. > > When our belief system holds God and Divine Action, our state of mind > is very different than states that do not hold that belief, and our > actions may reflect these differences. To understand and bridge these > differences, The Vatican Observatory (VO) and the Center for Theology > and Natural Sciences (CTNS) jointly sponsor a series of conferences on > divine action. The theme of each conference is an area of the natural > sciences: quantum cosmology and the laws of nature (1992), chaos and > complexity (1994), evolutionary and molecular biology (1996), > neuroscience (1998), and quantum mechanics (2000). This brings > specificity and precision to the discussions of divine action. In one > of the papers from these conferences, along with summaries of many > others, is posted on the CTNS website: In “The Metaphysics of Divine > Action,” John Polkinghorne notes that any discussion of agency > requires the adoption of a metaphysical view of the nature of reality. > He claims that there is no “deductive” way of going “from epistemology > to ontology,” but the strategy of critical realism is to maximize the > connection. This leads most physicists, he claims, to interpret > Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle as implying an actual indeterminacy > in the physical world, rather than an ignorance of its detailed > workings. Polkinghorne’s summary on the nature of Divine Action > includes the insight that divine agency has its own special > characteristics and that God’s knowledge of the world of becoming will > be truly temporal in character. > > In his book, Religion in late Modernity Robert C. Neville, suggests > that these inquires “concerning divine action takes its rise from > people who affirm as a supposition the belief that God is a personal > being of some sort.” > > In A Search for God In Ancient Egypt, by Jan Assmann, divine action > and religious experience are part of the cosmic dimension of the > mystic experience. Here, divine action is implicit in all contact > with the divine once transcendence into Divine Presence has been > realized. In other words, our actions become Divine Action, while in > the presence of the One within. > > To Bernard de Clairvaux, mysticism is the highest degree of the scale > of love and “a perfect participation in the love which God has from > Himself in the unity of the Spirit…to become thus is to be deified.” > Our actions are naturally inspired from this unity of the Spirit that > pervades our state. > > This idea is similar to the mystical divine action, our own action, > taken as a result of our mystical union with the God with us. The > mystic Jan Ruysbroeck suggests in mystical union God “breathes us out > from Himself that we may love and do good works; and again he draws us > into Himself, that we may rest in fruition.” > > Our efficacy and actions then, may be defined by whether or not we > believe in God, and if we believe that God is external and personal, > or a state of being within ourselves. What do YOU think? > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > > >
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