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“So, we’re looking to build an understanding
of how life works from the observations we can make of the material world. One
of the first things you’ll notice when observing, something that’s actually
embedded in your ability to observe, is the presence of movement.
So, you might look out over a field of grass and watch it sway back and forth,
or maybe watch that same grass push its way up out of the soil, and, upon close
examination, you’ll notice that the source of the movement is not the grass
itself, but instead, that something is acting upon it. Actually, you could
perform some simple tests to determine this. For instance, you might notice
that if you place a container completely around the grass it will stop swaying,
or if you uprooted the grass or, again, placed a container that blocked all the
sun’s light, you would find that the movement or growth would stop. This introduces
us to the visible and the invisible.
There is our physical world, made of all material things, but
there are also forces or rulers of the material world (rulers because they
determine what happen (as well as how much happens). There are invisible forces at play in every aspect of our
world – anywhere there is movement or action or energy a force had to have its
hand in it. This in essence, is just a logical, naturalistic or even a
scientific view of the world. That there are both cause and effects.
And so, just as a good carpenter knows basic physics, we should get to know the
invisible and powerful forces of our world.
These forces don’t only act upon the obvious material world, but
upon every level of interaction between objects. No matter where you look,
you’ll find these forces at work (whether it’s when observing the astrological,
natural, national, social, personal, and even the quantum level, we are aware
of invisible forces because of the movement we can observe), So, as good
builders we need to understand the measuring rulers of our world. If they are
the guiding forces of the material, then understanding what direction they are
taking us, as well as examining their set rules, is the blueprint for our
worldview."
By Matthew Blackledge“So, we’re looking to build an understanding
of how life works from the observations we can make of the material world. One
of the first things you’ll notice when observing, something that’s actually
embedded in your ability to observe, is the presence of movement.
So, you might look out over a field of grass and watch it sway back and forth,
or maybe watch that same grass push its way up out of the soil, and, upon close
examination, you’ll notice that the source of the movement is not the grass
itself, but instead, that something is acting upon it. Actually, you could
perform some simple tests to determine this. For instance, you might notice
that if you place a container completely around the grass it will stop swaying,
or if you uprooted the grass or, again, placed a container that blocked all the
sun’s light, you would find that the movement or growth would stop. This introduces
us to the visible and the invisible.
There is our physical world, made of all material things, but
there are also forces or rulers of the material world (rulers because they
determine what happen (as well as how much happens). There are invisible forces at play in every aspect of our
world – anywhere there is movement or action or energy a force had to have its
hand in it. This in essence, is just a logical, naturalistic or even a
scientific view of the world. That there are both cause and effects.
And so, just as a good carpenter knows basic physics, we should get to know the
invisible and powerful forces of our world.
These forces don’t only act upon the obvious material world, but
upon every level of interaction between objects. No matter where you look,
you’ll find these forces at work (whether it’s when observing the astrological,
natural, national, social, personal, and even the quantum level, we are aware
of invisible forces because of the movement we can observe), So, as good
builders we need to understand the measuring rulers of our world. If they are
the guiding forces of the material, then understanding what direction they are
taking us, as well as examining their set rules, is the blueprint for our
worldview."