relativism. woof

"Fascinating stuff. I try to remain equal parts inquisitive and open as well as skeptical. Just try to take everything in and form my own opinion as to what seems right 'to me'. What we believe about life is all personal perspective anyway, right?"


I read this on Facebook a couple weeks ago.

Woof.

It was attached to a post from a website called "Truth Theory: Keep Your Mind Open."  The article and corresponding videos were all theories about life, ranging from our interconnectedness to the earth as a living organism to the collective integration of the "Global Consciousness."

Again I will say: woof.

But how many people are out there with this attitude?  "Prove it to me."  "What's good for you is good for you and what's good for me is good for me."  "Well, from the way I see it. . ."

What's interesting is the paradox of the belief that there are no absolutes in the world (which, in and of itself is an absolute).  So, based on that line of thinking alone, we have to accept the presence of absolutes of some kind.

Also, if you don't want to go psychologically, then let's go more basic physics, because if you drop something from your hand, it will absolutely fall towards the ground.  Sorry, gravity is an absolute.  What's interesting about gravity is while it is observable and recordable, there's still no explanation of why.  Seriously, check out wikipedia- I know it's not always looked kindly upon as a source of reputable information but holy cow guys we still don't know why gravity is.

Or maybe we do.

Colossians 1:17- And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Really the whole passage is great.  But I want to just focus on one phrase- "all things hold together."  The Greek word συνέστηκεν is translated  "to cohere."

You guys. Scientists are studying coherence in gravity.  Google it and you'll see more results.

Hebrews 1:1-3a- Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. 

John 1:1-5- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Gravity is contained within the words of Jesus.  Depending on what theory you believe, I'd like to imagine that Jesus breathed out gravitons (if gravity indeed uses particles).

So basically, gravity is Jesus-breath.


. . . I'm not really sure how I got here but my point is this: there are absolutes to be found.  And God has revealed Himself to us.