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What is God doing in the world?ALL ENCOMPASSING QUESTIONThis is an all encompassing question. Regardless, I acknowledge from the front that many think God is doing absolutely nothing.MYTH BUSTERSPerhaps the three big myths of Santa Clause, The Easter Bunny or The Tooth Fairy encapsulate our disappointment when we realize that Mom, Dad or the communities are where the good stuff comes. This leads to the question of just where did the stuff of the universe come. The best non-myth answer here is based upon science, history and epistemology (how we actual know what we know).GODSCIENCEבְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1INFINITE BEING OF MIND’S UNIFIED CODED FORCES OF THOUGHTSEMPIRICAL MATHEMATICS INFINITE BEING OF MIND (IBM) PREEXISTENCE NON-EVOLVED A PRIORI TO UNIVERSE AND US. WE OBEY THESE LAWS AND ARE PRODUCTS THE ‘I AM’.ASCERTAINED DISCOVERIES CODED INFORMATIONAL FORCES, DIMENSIONLESS CONSTANTS, LAWS, PATTERNS, FORMS, FRACTALS AND LANGUAGE OF LIFE.UNIFIED THEORY OF EVERYTHING BEGINS HERE. FURTHERMORE, IF A PERSON DOES NOT BEGIN HERE THEN THEY ARE LEAVING OUT KEY FACTORS IN THE EQUATION. THE EQUATION CANNOT BE DONE WITHOUT THE ‘I AM’.I make this point in a 396 pages book soon to be published as “I AM”CREATED! Science Evidence of the Finite Universe Produced by Infinite Mind!Therefore, scientifically, historically and in reality this is not the case there are underpinning that demonstrate informational forces of mind from the beginnings to the ends of all of existence.OBSERVABLE DATAThe observable data better fits the infinite brain/mind of programmed energy thoughts of oscillating forces. This infinite brain/mind is supported by our discovered empirical mathematics expressed in our algebraic equations in approximately the 26 dimensionless constants, laws, patterns, forms, fractals, forces and language of life. This reality of infinite brain/mind the IBM preexistence non-evolved reality with infinite thoughts transmuted into the finite universe.We do have oscillations in the universe of lights, sounds, signals and language of all of life. These oscillations provide for the upward outputs of the IBM through adaptabilities, varieties and environmental survivabilities.At the end of the day all existence occurs within perimeters of the harmonics of oscillations with the underpinnings and infinite thoughts of eternal, infinite brain/mind. It is within the harmonics of oscillations were infinite brain/mind produces within the chaos finite natural engineered engines of programmed energy of thoughts that work in time, space and matter providing the means to the beginnings and ends of all that subsist. The hypothetical perpetual oscillations are used to fix a broken theory and promote the eternal universe. (Durrer & Laukenmann,)HISTORYGood things pioneered by the Church and committed Christians in modern society:• The Church is the largest single provider of healthcare in the world• also the largest single provider of education in the world• Church fathers successfully campaigned against infanticide in society• and stood up for the rights of women by codifying marriage as a sacrament• The first orphanages were churches• Barnardos is the world's largest orphanage system• Churches pioneered the first homes for the elderly• and the first homes for the disabled in society• Leading society to abolish the slave trade (Wilberforce and the church)• Pioneers of modern social workers (Jane Adams)• Fathers of modern Foster Care (Charles L. Brace)• The Mothers Union - strengthening family life. Founded in 1876• Free health care for the terminally ill (Douglas Macmillan)• Pioneers of modern nursing (F.Nightingale)• Almost all schools were church founded before the state took over• 100 out of 110 US universities were church founded (inc. Yale, Princeton and Harvard)• Pioneers of free schooling for poor young people (John Pounds)• School for children in slums (R.Raikes)• World Literacy pioneers (SIL and Frank Lauback)• Pioneers of education for the deaf (Rev. Gallaudet)• Braille system for the blind developed by Louis Braille.• First laws to protect children from abuse (Soc. PCC - Rev B Waugh)• Fighting for the rights of children working in factories (Richard Oastler)• as well as campaigning for Poor Law reform• Josephine Butler campaigned for the age of consent to be set to 16 so children could not be abused.• YMCA - caring for young people in society• Salvation Army - pioneering radical care for the poor and disadvantaged in society• Education for orphans (George Mueller)• Campaigning for prison reform (Quakers)• Temperance Movement to address alcohol abuse in society• Alcoholics (and Narcotics) Anonymous (Dr. B.Smith)• Leading society to adopt "fair trade" (Tearfund)• Pioneers of Microfinance for poor countries (D.Bussau)• Pioneers of international child sponsorship (World Vision, Dr. R. Price)• Save The Children, huge worldwide mission (Eglantyne Jebb)• Fathers of modern famine relief (Oxfam Quakers)• International Housing for the poor - Habitat for Humanity (Millard Fuller)• Justice for people worldwide who are oppressed (Amnesty International - P.Beneson, E.Baker)• Leprosy Mission - caring for those no-one else wants (Dr. P.Wilson)• King James Bible - profound impact on the English language and cultureThis is a partial list. For more examples and further reading visit:Good things Christians have done in societyWe all have the same data from observational reality. This reality as far as the universe is concerned are reflections of the past in our present. Therefore, all scientific knowledge of the universe is reflections of lights, sounds and signals of a historic past in our present. Christianity is science basedMany have figured out Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy are all made-up fiction.ABILITY TO PRODUCE WEALTH AND LIVE COMES FROM GOD17You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” 18But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today. Deuteronomy 8:17–18REALITYThis is not religion but science. The infinite thoughts of mind are science and expressed as noted in our algebraic equation and formulas. The processes and forces of code that formed the universe are bits and pieces of a whole collection of discoveries that some have given their whole lives simply to understand one small piece. The ability to do science at all is based upon assumption that the stuff of the universe can be observed, measured, tested and repeatability verified.This must be remembered. Why? Because every objection that we know to the preexistence non-evolved infinite brain/mind are based solely on evolutionary materialistic humanistic ideas materialistic time, space and matter corporeality. All to them that exist occurs with matter in space and relational distances in time measured in distance, speed and relationship to the authentic material universe. The material universe houses the in completeness in the stage of space in relationship to time. The problem with this is Infinity, that is, there is a time before space-time-matter existed. Matter as we know it in the universe had a beginning, so it cannot be the infinite totality of exist because it is finite in form and nature. Their view is self-contradictory, and this is the scientific point that their view is science-fiction not science fact.What is God doing in the world?Perhaps what we all what to know is: What is God doing for me?Well, Jesus, changed my life. And the historic witness that God became a man and dwelt among us has clearly shown in my lowest hours that God loves me and is involved in my life from beginning to end. He offers me hope which not other idea gives and this hope is foundational to our sciences as Bacon notes and others like Newton, Pasteur, Mendel, Maxwell, Faraday and many others.Men of Science, Men of God By: Henry M. Morris is a good little follow-up here.One of the most serious fallacies today is the belief that genuine scientists cannot believe the Bible. But the truth is that many of the major scientific contributions were made by scientists who were dedicated men of God. Here are 101 short biographies and Christian testimonies of scientists who believed in the Bible and in a personal Creator God. (https://www.christianbook.com/men-of-science-god/henry-morris/9780890510803/pd/1080X?dv=%7Bdevice%7D&en=google&event=SHOP&kw=childrens-books-0-20%7C1080X&p=1179710&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgZTRBRDmARIsAJvVWAttBtRLTnS1jfOP8zAJvpa4m25E-cZSdEGWw6myORZ7BT8KgjCG5AoaAvZJEALw_wcB)MY HOPEI am not saying everything has been soothe sailing. I have had my share of disappointments, troubles, loses, deaths and struggles. However, in the mist God is true, God’s word a comfort, God’s people a blessing and God’s Church a shining hope in this dark world.TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 201710 REASONS TO ACCEPT THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS AS AN HISTORICAL FACT (10 Reasons to Accept the Resurrection of Jesus as an Historical Fact)by Guest|88 Comments|28694By Brian ChiltonWhen I left the ministry due to my skepticism, one of the factors involved in my departure concerned the reliability of the New Testament documents and the resurrection of Jesus. The folks from the Jesus Seminar had me second-guessing whether I could trust what the New Testament said and if I could truly accept the literal bodily resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. In July of 2005, my life changed. I entered the Lifeway Christian Bookstore in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and read three books that changed my life more than any other book outside the Bible. I discovered Lee Strobel’s The Case for Christ, Josh McDowell’s The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict, and McDowell’s A Ready Defense. I discovered that there are many reasons for accepting the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as a historical fact.Through the years, the evidence has increasingly mounted for the historicity of Jesus’s resurrection. This article will provide 10 of the most fascinating arguments for the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. This list is not exhaustive and my dealings with each argument is extremely brief. Nevertheless, I hope this list will provide a starting point for you to consider the authenticity of Jesus’s resurrection.The First Eyewitnesses were Women. The first eyewitnesses of the resurrection were women. All the Gospels note that the first individuals to discover the tomb empty were women. Matthew notes that “After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to view the tomb…The angel told the women, ‘Don’t be afraid, because I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here. For he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the play where he lay” (Matthew 28:1, 5-6).[1] Women were not held in high esteem. In Greco-Roman culture, a woman’s testimony was not admissible in court. In Jewish circles, it took the testimony of two women to equate that of one man. If one were to invent a story, the last people one would place as the first witnesses would have been women, unless it were otherwise true.Minimal Facts Concerning the Resurrection. Gary Habermas has popularized the so-called minimal facts argument for the resurrection. The minimal facts are those things that are accepted by nearly all New Testament scholars. The minimal facts are “1. Jesus died by crucifixion. 2. Jesus’ disciples believed that he rose and appeared to them. 3. The church persecutor Paul was suddenly changed. 4. The skeptic James, brother of Jesus, was suddenly changed. 5. The tomb was empty.” [2] These facts are nearly universally accepted by New Testament scholars, including liberals.Transformation of the Early Disciples. As noted in the minimal facts, James, the brother of Jesus, was changed from a skeptic to a believer because of the resurrection. James along with his brothers did not believe in Jesus during Jesus’s early ministry (see John 7:5). However, Jesus appeared to James (1 Corinthians 15:3-9) and James became a leader in the early Jerusalem church. His death is recorded by Josephus.[3] Paul is another example of one who was completely transformed by the resurrection of Jesus. Paul had been a persecutor of the church. After witnessing the risen Jesus, Paul became a proclaimer for the church.Embarrassing Details of the Resurrection. Historically speaking, embarrassing details add veracity to a historical claim. The fact that women were the first witnesses, that a member of the Sanhedrin (the same Sanhedrin that executed Jesus) had to give Jesus a proper burial, and that the disciples were fearful and fled all serve as embarrassing factors for the resurrection account.Willingness to Die for What Was Known. Many people will die for what they believe to be true. But no one will die for something they erroneously invented. The disciples knew if they were telling the truth. Yet, one finds that the disciples were willing to die for what they knew to be true. Stephen died by stoning (Acts 7:54-60), James of Zebedee died by the sword at the hands of Herod (Acts 12:2), James the brother of Jesus died,[4] and Peter and Paul died at the hands of Nero.[5]Documentary Evidence. The documentary evidence for the resurrection of Jesus is quite good. The historian seeks to find how many primary and secondary sources[6] can be gathered for an event to determine the event’s historicity. Concerning primary sources, the resurrection has Matthew’s account, John’s account, and Paul’s account in 1 Corinthians 15, including the additional references by James (if one accepts that James wrote the letter attributed to him) and Jude. The following are secondary sources for the resurrection: Luke, Mark, Clement of Rome, and to a lesser degree Ignatius and Irenaeus.Circumstantial Evidence. Douglas Groothius notes that circumstantial evidence for the historicity of the resurrection is “namely, the practice of the early church in observing baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and Sunday worship.”[7] Baptism is based upon the analogy of Jesus’s death, burial, and resurrection. The Lord’s Supper is a symbol of Christ’s sacrificial death. In addition, it is quite odd that faithful Jews would move their worship from a Friday evening into Saturday to a Sunday morning unless something major had occurred on a Sunday morning. The major Sunday morning event was Jesus’s resurrection.The Missing Motive. J. Warner Wallace has noted in his lectures and books that when a conspiracy is formed, three motivating factors are behinds such a move—power, greed, and/or lust.[8] The disciples would hold no power behind claiming the resurrection as history. They were running around while often being threatened by the Jewish and Roman authorities. As far as greed, they taught that one should not desire earthly possessions, but spiritual ones. Lust was not a factor, either. They taught celibacy before marriage and marital fidelity after marriage. In fact, N. T. Wright notes in his classic book, The Resurrection of the Son of God, that the disciples had no theological motivation behind claiming that Jesus had risen from the dead as they were anticipating a military hero and a final resurrection at the end of time. What motivating factors existed for these disciples to invent such a story? None! The only reason the disciples taught the resurrection of Jesus was because Jesus’s resurrection had occurred.Enemy Attestation of the Resurrection. Historically speaking, if one holds enemy attestation to an event, then the event is strengthened. When one considers the claims of the authorities that the disciples had stolen the body of Jesus (Matthew 28:11-15), the testimony of the resurrection is strengthened. The early belief that the disciples had stolen the body of Jesus is strengthened by the discovery of the Nazareth Inscription that orders capital punishment for anyone who steals a body from a tomb.[9] In addition, several refences to Jesus and his resurrection include citations from Josephus,[10] Tacitus,[11] and Suetonius[12] among others (including the Babylonian Talmud).Multiple Post-Resurrection Eyewitnesses. Finally, there is multiple eyewitness testimony pertaining to the resurrection of Jesus. Several people had seen Jesus alive for a period of 40 days. The eyewitnesses include Mary Magdalene (John 20:10-18), the women at the tomb accompanying Mary (Matthew 28:1-10), the Roman guards (Matthew 28:4), the Eleven disciples (John 21), the two men on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35), an indeterminate number of disciples (Matthew 28:16-20); over five-hundred disciples (1 Corinthains 15:6), to James (1 Corinthians 15:7) and to Paul (1 Corinthians 15:8-9). I am certain that there were many other witnesses that are unnamed.Conclusion:Many other evidences could be given for the resurrection of Jesus. Thinking about the methods of history, one must understand that there is a reason why American accept the first President of the United States as George Washington and not Spongebob Squarepants. History backs up the claim that Washington was the first President. In like manner, history backs up the reality of Jesus’s resurrection. Now the question is this: what will you do with such information? Some will try to ignore the event. Some will try to dismiss it. Others will acknowledge the factual nature of the event and worship Jesus as the risen Lord. It is my prayer that you will do the latter.