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The Lion and the Lamb

February 1, 2006 - 9:04am

The lion's roar came out of the age of enlightenment. It was the roar of freedom. It was the roar of truth. It was the roar of the victor standing over the body of his vanquished foe. It was an angry roar, and the lion had good reason to be angry.

But now this roar has grown louder and more powerful until it's almost the only thing we can hear. The sound of it rings in our ears, and the smell of the lion is on our breath and oozing from our pores....

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RLP --- Once again, you

Submitted by RGeek on February 1, 2006 - 12:57pm.

RLP ---
Once again, you write what is in MY head. Thanks for another wondrous essay.

Rick

I remember when I pulled out

Submitted by brotherterry on February 1, 2006 - 1:02pm.

I remember when I pulled out my fangs and pulled in my claws and laid down with the lamb.

I'll never go back!

peace,
brotherterry

[irony]But if we accept that

Submitted by Recovering Christian on February 1, 2006 - 1:16pm.

[irony]But if we accept that God reveals himself through science, then we undercut the whole doctrine of God's revelation through the Bible. That would mean that God's spirit flows through the works of sinful man as well as holy Scripture.[/irony]

Can't have that, can we?

David Learn
http://tbyxeg.blogspot.com

My friend, that's not irony

Submitted by Anonymous User on February 2, 2006 - 12:14pm.

My friend, that's not irony at all. In fact, that's exactly the point. God does reveal himself through science, because science is just a measured description of the world He created. How can the creator NOT be seen in the creation?

Jesus told us to look around us for our mysteries, for our revelation. Look at the sparrow and the flowers of the field, and imagine how much God loves you, he said. Psalm 19 says that the Heavens declare the glories of God! If science measures the Heavens, then they're really measuring the glories of God. One day they'll realize it. Of that I have no doubt.

I also have no doubt that one day, Christians will realize that science, at its purest, is nothing but the search for truth. If the Bible is the truth, and science finds the truth, how can they be divergent?

RLP, as usual, said it much better than I ever could.

Dave

Beautiful. As a student of

Submitted by bigbrotherinlaw on February 1, 2006 - 1:50pm.

Beautiful. As a student of both science and spirit, I couldn't agree more with your sentiment.

Stands up and speaks the

Submitted by jeremyca on February 1, 2006 - 1:51pm.

Stands up and speaks the word "AMEN."

Yes, completely.

Submitted by Anonymous User on February 1, 2006 - 2:04pm.

Yes, completely.

*big smile* that's where i'm

Submitted by spidey on February 1, 2006 - 4:11pm.

*big smile* that's where i'm at too.

Good God, Gordon! That was

Submitted by tom reindl on February 1, 2006 - 6:20pm.

Good God, Gordon!

That was good.

Yes, I know, I am using the word "good" too much. Can't help it. What other word fits?

RLP, There is almost a pain

Submitted by dcypl on February 1, 2006 - 7:51pm.

RLP, There is almost a pain behind the words, a tiredness of the fight the world continues to put up to an ancient belief that transcends the arguments usually proposed.

Thank you for putting these thoughts into words and sharing.

WOW, rlp. That was

Submitted by Satchel Pooch on February 1, 2006 - 8:09pm.

WOW, rlp. That was powerful, and beautifully put.

Your mouth to God's ear,

Submitted by paigeb on February 2, 2006 - 9:02am.

Your mouth to God's ear, Preacher.....

I see you used the unity of

Submitted by Anonymous User on February 2, 2006 - 2:09pm.

I see you used the unity of contradictions in this essay. It's a wise insight, but it makes me feel like it's time for me to move on from there. Ride the sky.

Would you explain this a

Submitted by rlp on February 2, 2006 - 3:46pm.

Would you explain this a little more? What you mean by "unity of contradictions" and "ride the sky."

As I've progressed, I've

Submitted by Anonymous User on February 3, 2006 - 4:05pm.

As I've progressed, I've found more and more that truth is composed of contradictory elements (the ultimate example of this is that truth is both composed of contradictions, and uncontradictory). In this piece you argued for science against faith, and then for faith against science, contradictory elements.

Ride the sky is the name of a song by the band Gamma Ray.

"I hear my inside The

Submitted by Anonymous User on February 2, 2006 - 4:43pm.

"I hear my inside
The mechanized hum of another world"

A line you made me recall. Thanks, Preacher.

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