Our subject this week is the admonition to "never stop learning!" It is indeed invigorating and liberating to acquire knowledge which enlarges our understanding and aids us in wise choices. Knowledge and understanding enrich our lives, providing encouragement and edification. However, discernment should compel us to question whether all "facts" are created equal. Must we accept all the theories and conclusions presented to us under the mantra of "science"? "If we do it in the name of science, will we be justified in the end?"
There is a pervasive bias entrenched in the collective reasoning of our society. This prejudice leaves us stranded in the finite physical universe, blind and crippled, bereft of our anchor of meaning. In the void, we are sans the supportive connections which shield us from self destruction. What is labeled "freedom" is in reality the absence of hope. Psuedoscience offers us the gift of no god in our universe, a cosmic abortion of mankind in the face of the father who loves us and wants us.
This is the premise underlying any official position of the scientific establishment. Any hypothesis formulated which includes a god, must, in their thinking, be disallowed. They want no divinity intruding on their poverty stricken kingdom. The chaos underlying the implicit order apparent in the cosmos, and the complex language written into our very genes, does not suffice to persuade them. How is it that the discipline of science, started under the auspices of the church in the western world, is confused with those who refuse to consider all legitimate possibilities? Excluding the consideration of God's existence is the apex of irrationality. No matter how many layers of physical existence they uncover, no matter how far they travel in an unending journey, these delusional will be "ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." (2 Tim 3:7)
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