Dear Friends,
It seems to me, on the day we celebrate Jesus Christ rising from the dead, it might be wise to dwell on the miracle itself, and the fact that miracles happen every single day. That the historical Jesus rose from the dead, is argued over, but there is sufficient historical record to show the story is probably true. Non Christian accounts tell of a Jesus, that Pontius Pilate was the governor of Judea at the time, Crucifixion was common practice for revolutionaries, flaying was also in vogue at the time. These are historical facts. There is also Pilate’s letter. Rising from the dead is only the culmination of the miracles Jesus performed. Many of us think that miracles are a thing of the past, but I am hear to tell you, they still happen every day. Just as the angel of death passed over the Jews in ancient Egypt…
Physics is arguably the most sciency of the sciences. The smartest people get into it and they attempt to model every action, event and indeed the universe itself, with mathematics. So far they have been stupendously successful… and a total failure. While Newtonian physics gives us the ability to predict the motion of the planets, the wearing of steel and the motion of fluids. Einsteinian physics that allows us knowledge of the fabric of the universe, the equation that converts matter into energy and gives us a basic understanding of gravity. Meanwhile quantum physics explains the universe at the smallest level of observation. They all fit together… like a square, circle and a star. Physics has been held up for a century with very little real advancement since Plank, Bohr and Einstein.
Despite physics track record of success, it has failed for decades to create anything like a grand unified theory, that fits the disparate parts of physics into anything like a whole. Instead they contradict each other, depending on the level of observation, and no one can account for this. The paradigm is in need of smashing. Even as there are innovators out there who threaten to break the dominant paradigm for something totally new. Thomas Campbell is looking into such things as, how does our intent effect the universe on a quantum level. Now this is research that, if shown to have merit, can enlighten us at the cost to the present paradigm. If physics does prove that our conscious minds and our intent do in fact effect reality, then it will have melded science with religion… adding a cross to the mix.
Because if we can effect reality itself, and we do all the time, then miracles are a daily occurrence. How many times in your life have impossible coincidences happened? Try this experiment, pull over on a lonely road, that a car passes about once every 10 minutes, and make a 5 minute cell phone call. There will be a car that passes you, and will pass at the same time as another, almost guaranteed. How is that possible? Every oncologist has seen miraculous healing of cancer, children have been found in the woods after spending days there with strange stories of their “saviors,” mothers picking cars up off their children after an accident, the stories of miracles are as numerous as stars in the sky. Can we take all these anecdotal stories as proof though… probably not.
To conclude something astounding, takes astounding evidence, else the alternatives have to be more astounding. In the case of miracles, the anecdotal stories are insufficient to prove, but are indicative there is more to it. Physics itself, the most sciency of the sciences, is spooky in it’s lack of advancement in the last century, yet Quantum physics has given us tantalizing hints, that there is something behind the veil. Plus we have the historical evidence of Jesus and his rising from the dead. We don’t have extraordinary evidence, on the other hand, what other possibility is there? That there are waves of mass insanity crossing the planet daily? That Quantum physics is not science? That historical writings are deceptions, lies or fiction? To believe those things, over the evidence for miracles, takes real faith.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
