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Theory of Faith Chapter 2

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Chapter 2

This brings up another point in my theory of faith. The above sentence could have been “God provides but you have to put your nuts away for the winter. Is God nature? Is he the trees, the mountains, the animals, the planet, the sun and the universe? Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The rational point of view would be that this was a conversion from energy to mass. Einstein’s theory E = mc squared.

I now ask the question. Can you substitute the word “Universe” for the word “God” in the Bible? Well not for the first verse. God must have existed to to be the prime mover in the creation. But did the all powerful God, capable of all things, create a rock so heavy that he could not lift it. I think yes. God is dead. Err I mean God was converted to matter or the “Universe”. We still can communicate with God, but he is the trees, the animals and even us humans. We are God.

Making the above statement, I now have a lot of explaining to do. You know that I am a runner and not a swimmer. I come from the forest. I am a protestant and a need to form a pack or a team. To catch the deer for food you have to work together. These are some of the basic things in the change from a Catholic belief to a Presbyterian belief. A need for a more direct connection to God and not thought a hierarchy of Priest and Bishops.

With this argument I am taking man out of the loop of faith. Man is the dog and not the master.(see dog marketing theory)

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The Theory of Faith

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

 I acquired a different interpretation of who I am when I moved to the Philippines. I’m a runner and the people of the Philippines are swimmers. So why am I different? The answer lies in my ancestors. My early ancestors came from the high lands of Scotland. My family name is Forbes, which is a clan name and means from the forest. All my ancestors were runners.

The Philippines is a land of over 7000 islands and every one has beaches and places to swim. So what is the biological difference between me and the Filipino. It’s the foot design. My foot is long and narrow with a high arch. The Filipino foot is low arch and wide at the toe joint. A perfect swim fin.

Why do I use my foot design in this essay on “The Theory of Faith”? Hunting requires a running skill and fishing requires a swimming skill. Is hunting more dangerous than fishing? I think so. In the forest there are many places for a predictor to hide. To hunt a deer requires a pack of hunters that can run like a deer. Or to avoid the competition, a wolf for example, you need to run fast.

My difference in faith is tied to the environment of my ancestors. They evolved in the forest along with competing predictors. I might also add that there was snow and the four main seasons of the year. Is this the reason for the Protestant reformation? The protestant revolt against the Catholic Church was one of hieachy and the need to go through the leaders of the Church and the Saints to reach God.

All the major religions are part of the desert environment. You survived by finding water and the settling in an oasis or along a river. These where things given to you. In the North snow country you survived by manipulating nature. Things were not given to you. You had to work for them. Thus is God the giver or is God the provider? This is the proverbial saying: “Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, Give a man a fishing pole and he eats when he works.”

So the difference in faith is “God helps those who help themselves.” verse “Ask and you shall receive.” The provider verse the giver. This view of God demands what is called the “Protestant Work Ethic”, Nature provides but you have to put your nuts away for the winter.

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