tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777773975428010636.post1922000893656122112..comments2008-10-14T22:52:58.789-04:00Eric Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17559297084562073727noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777773975428010636.post-64087493714453781652008-10-14T22:52:00.000-04:002008-10-14T22:52:00.000-04:00Eric,<BR/><BR/>I'll have to re-read it now, but Stephen W. Hawking, in his book "A Brief History of Time", I believe takes quite another viewpoint. I don't believe him to be an athiest--the fact that he is so incredibly productive and intelligent while simultaneously trapped in a non-functional body is amazing. But in his closing of that book, which does a great job of explaining how current thinking isn't getting us towards the GUT, he states, "However, if we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists...If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason--for then we would know the mind of God."<BR/><BR/>I think he's onto something. Unlike his peers in science, who continue to espouse ever more incomplete and bizzare theories of partial strings and quarks and the like, I believe that any new theories need to be simpler, not more complex, and understandable, not incomprehensible, if they are to successfully merge the 'big 4' into a more unified theory. And it will be thru that simplicity that our minds will be expanded to appreciate the simultaneous awesomeness and simplistic beauty that God employed when he started this whole thing off. Can we know the mind of God? Are we not made in His image? Are we not destined to live in eternity WITH Him? So yeah, bring it on Stephen!Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12040410373246048020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777773975428010636.post-42400926108620803322008-09-30T13:59:00.000-04:002008-09-30T13:59:00.000-04:00Eric, <BR/>Fascinating. There is so much that we don't know, and perhaps we will never know, but people like you and Peter make it kind of fun to try to figure it out. But most important is the fact that He knows. And the not knowing part gives us the opportunity to exercise not only our brains but also our faith and to marvel at His creation.lstapleheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07131394270328435342noreply@blogger.com