Did you know that about 95% of the stuff of the universe we do not understand? It is called "black matter" or well, just a lot of black stuff. We know that something is there, but we do not know what makes it up. We know that the universe is acting in ways that we cannot quite understand. I like a science that says it does not know all, and there is a lot to learn.
What about religion? It claims that it knows God. This body of knowledge is called dogma. But if God made the universe, and 95% of that confounds us, then why should anyone or any group say that it knows God? What hubris! I like the mystics. They claim to know nothing, yet they can love God and sense being loved by God, even if life does not work out according to their plans. Actually, a mystic dumps plans. Mystics wait, in the darkness. They see, the unknowable. They stay open. They don't burn people at the stake, or imprison them for disagreeing with traditional answers. Not much love there. Dogmatists seem to get awfully upset at times. I prefer the scientists, the searchers.
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"We may be but a breath,a puff of wind, a handful of dust- but the breath of life that animates us is the Spirit of God".
ReplyDeleteGod bless you, Fr. Terry!