And how is this the basis of our actions, Edward? On Jan 13, 1:24 pm, edward mason <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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