Mathematical Chaos Model
Dec 16, 2015
JESUS REFLECTS ON THEPROBABILISTIC NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE
Luke 13: 1-5
There were some present at that very time who told Jesusof the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with theirsacrifices. And he answered them, "Do you think that theseGalileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans,because they suffered thus? I tell you, No; but unless yourepent you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen uponwhom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you thinkthat they were worse offenders than all the others whodwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, No; but unless you repentyou will all likewise perish."
John 9: 1-3
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his Disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this manor his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Itwas not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that theworks of God might be made manifest in him."
(RSV)
• “God does not play dice.” Albert Einstein
• The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
Proverbs 16:33 (NIV)
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong … ; but time and chance happen to them all.
The Preacher (Ecclesiastes 9:11 - NKJV)
Natural Supernatural
REALITY _____
materialistanti-supernaturalist
visible invisible
Natural
Natural Supernatural
Supernatural both / and
anti-naturalist
/ physical / spiritual
What is Real?
Natural Supernatural
REALITY _____
materialistanti-supernaturaliste.g, “evolutionist”
visible invisible
Natural
Natural Supernatural
Supernatural both / and
anti-naturaliste.g. “young-earth creationist”
/ physical / spiritual
What is Real?
"For we must remember that the materialistphilosophy (whether true or not) is certainly muchmore limiting than any religion... The Christian isquite free to believe that there is a considerableamount of settled order and inevitabledevelopment in the universe. But, the materialistis not allowed to admit into his spotless machinethe slightest speck of spiritualism or miracle...Spiritual doctrines do not actually limit the mindas do materialistic denials.”
G.K. Chesterton in "Orthodoxy"[1874-1936]