Comments on: Miracles are Impossible—Right?

By: Ivan Corpus

Ivan Corpus — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 03:48:07 +0000

Neither the Newtonian mechanistic view nor the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, while hegemonic in university textbooks, ever advanced real experimental science. Newton’s system was based on a plagiarism of Johannes Kepler’s original discovery of gravitation. Kepler’s solar system is dynamically organized by the intention of the Creator to produce harmony and beauty. Newton famously abjured hypothesizing. The contest was brought into further relief by the famous Leibniz-Clarke correspondence, where Leibniz defends Kepler’s view against the Newtonian adherence to absolute space and time. Leibniz was a powerful theologian, it’s instructive to read his Monadology in lieu of recent discoveries in sub-atomic, quantum physics.

By: Alan Dworak

Alan Dworak — Sun, 18 Aug 2019 23:57:40 +0000

In reply to Mark David Vinzens. No argument here - well said!

By: Alan Dworak

Alan Dworak — Sun, 18 Aug 2019 23:16:27 +0000

In reply to Phil Walker. Hi Phil, thanks for the insight. “In the long run it is far more dangerous to adhere to illusion than to face what the actual fact is.” ― David Bohm

By: Phil Walker

Phil Walker — Sun, 18 Aug 2019 22:26:29 +0000

I enjoyed your article, thanks! As you are probably aware, the rejection of determinism is a feature of the philosophical assumptions that usually accompany QM, and are not required by the experimental evidence. The theory of David Bohm, although not as fully developed, is a deterministic theory that makes the same predictions, and in that sense, Einstein has not yet been contradicted by evidence. Of course, your main point still stands, that the world is quite subtle, and determinism can never be a practical possibility.

By: Mark David Vinzens

Mark David Vinzens — Sun, 18 Aug 2019 08:03:41 +0000

Miracles are natural. When they do not occur something has gone wrong.

By: Alan Dworak

Alan Dworak — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:58:25 +0000

In reply to Andrew Scott. Hi Andrew. Future generations will almost certainly have new theories and physical models through which to view the universe and God's Creation. But there will always be portions that will remain beyond our limited comprehension. Albert Einstein Quote: “As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.” Cheers!

By: Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 20:04:35 +0000

Future generations will think of the world of material objects we see, touch and interact with as we now do classical ‘Newtonian’ physics, with the insight we now have from general relativity, quantum physics, cosmology, and particle physics. The material world we can know through using our senses and making reasonable deductions is a vanishingly small and almost inconsequential part of Reality. One could say that it is ‘shadow stretching out’, a vague and uncertain representation as on the wall of Plato’s cave, a mere exhalation or emanation from the Real World. Those precious individuals who guide humanity had direct access to innate knowledge, which for the rest of us is accessible through inspiration and meditation. [3 of 3]

By: Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 19:55:39 +0000

[T]hink of man as endowed with two kinds of sight; when the power of insight is being used the outward power of vision does not see.
This faculty of meditation frees man from the animal nature, discerns the reality of things, puts man in touch with God.
This faculty brings forth from the invisible plane the sciences and arts. Through the meditative faculty inventions are made possible, colossal undertakings are carried out; through it governments can run smoothly. Through this faculty man enters into the very Kingdom of God.
Abdu’l-Baha, Paris Talks, p184 [2 of 3]

By: Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 19:54:39 +0000

“Should the Will of God assist Us, there would flow out from the Pen of the Divine Expounder a lengthy exposition of that which hath been mentioned, and there would be revealed, in the field of arts and sciences, what would renew the world and the nations.” Baha’u’llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p32. [1 of 3]