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By Gary T
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Don't let human
theories or any
other theory
thwart your
belief in a
God. The Bible
doesn't try to
prove God. What
we have in this
3-dimensional
space and
time is strong
inference
( "To derive as
a conclusion
from facts or
premises").
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Everything in
the physical
creation
(EVERYTHING)
points to
God. I call
them
signposts. So
deep down
in the inner
person, we
know He is,
because if we
follow the
signposts deep
and far enough
God is the
beginning.
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The empirical
side of us
(see, hear,
touch, taste,
smell) wants
ultimate proof
- like Mulder
in X-Files
wanting final
proof
of extraterrestrial
existence
and their
conspiracy
with
government.
Mulder never
discovers
incontrovertible proof
even though it
stares him
in the face in
every
episode.
Something
always
pulls Mulder
away from what
he knows to be
true.
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In a similar
way,
something in
this world is
pulling us
away from
belief in
God. This
something waters
down our
belief, so we
are left with
doubt in God.
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We are made of
two parts:
empirical man
(5 senses) and
spiritual man.
The empirical
man is
separated from
the spiritual
man. Our
spiritual man
assumes belief
in God, but
our empirical
man wants
proof. But
proof is what
we can't
attain in this
life.
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This lack
of ultimate
empirical
proof is one
of three
barriers God
erected
when human
beings failed
the test, and
chose autonomous
self over God.
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For us to
maintain real
personal
belief in God,
there is
something we
have to factor
in. I call
this factor
the faith
algorithm.
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The faith
algorithm is
simply a
language that
bridges the
gap between
empirical man
and spiritual
man. This
language
interprets the
data that our
5 senses
inputs,
and the output
(the result)
is "true"
truth the way
God originally
intended.
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We can totally
trust the
faith
algorithm
because it is
from God.
That doesn't
mean we can
answer
every question
known or
unknown to
man. It means
we can trust
God to
answer everything, including
why God
allowed us to
fail
the original
test, and
where did God
come from.
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Think of all
of us being
like Indiana
Jones. Every
artifact in
the world is
hidden from
us. The
artifacts are
everything
that exists in
the physical
cosmos,
everything
from the
subatomic
particle to
the
supercluster
of galaxies and
everything in
between. It
even includes
human words,
thoughts and
ideas.
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These hidden
artifacts are
the
signposts.
Like Jones, we
must follow
the trail
where the
signposts
lead.
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But the
signposts
can't be
interpreted by
empirical man
because the
five
senses give
faulty
interpretation. Empirical
man doesn't
take into
consideration
the spiritual
man.
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The faith
algorithm
takes into
consideration
both parts of
man
and interprets
the signposts
revealing the
true order,
symmetry and
meaning of
life.
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Ultimate
meaning is
this
mathematical
formula:
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