Last night, I suddenly started to mull over how little we actually know about the notion of what the word GOD implies or should mean.
We are no question influenced by the mythological references to gods and goddesses as persons with human feelings and emotions and, more than all, by the figure of Jesus Christ, which we may tend to visualize more like a man who died in the Cross to redeem us, than as GOD Himself.
So I said to myself. Let us imagine the most absolute void and emptiness some 15 billion years ago, which is not yesterday! Then, all of a sudden, a tremendous explosion started the expansion of the Universe, and gradually, galaxies started to develop, materialize and come into being to reach the 500 billion where, previously, there was NOTHING. Each galaxy including, in turn, billions of stars system, planets, and so one and so forth…
But, what about the size of this Universe, 15 billion years later?
The nearest star to Earth (Proxima Centauri) is supposed to be at 4.24 light years away, or some 25 trillion miles!! But, our Earth is not in one end of this Universe, but more or less in the middle of what we know. In addition, we can see stars and galaxies everywhere. Nobody knows how far away the farthest star is. However, some scholars claim the known Universe stretches some 94 BILLION light years across.
Do we really assume what this means?
In the meantime, some 4,5 billion years ago our Earth and the other planets in our Solar System formed out of disk-shaped mass of dust and gas left over from the formation of our Sun. And little by little, the outer layer of our small and insignificant planet cooled to form a solid crust when water began accumulating in the atmosphere, to gradually become a planet that can sustain life!
And life it has indeed sustained. From the primitive sea algae (perhaps 1 billion years old) to modern man. 230 million years ago we already have evidence of some species of dinosaurs. And between 1994 and 1995, some paleontologists, investigating the archeological site of Atapuerca (in central Spain) found over 80 bone fragments from five or six hominids dating to between 850.000 to 780.000 years ago.
Now then, what do all these scientifically proven facts demonstrate?
That GOD is really Amazing!
For we have to imagine the incredible thought that there MUST BE a supernatural being so powerful as to create all this universe we now know and everything else we still DON’T KNOW. And trying to imagine GOD as creator of ALL this is really a most frightening thought, indeed.
"The heavens declare the glory of GOD; and the firmament proclaims its builder’s craft. One day to the next conveys that message; one night to the next imparts that knowledge. There is no word or sound; no voice is heard. Yet, their report goes forth through all the earth, their message to the ends of the world. God has pitched there a tent for the sun” (Psalm 19:1-5).
Perhaps we should start thinking of how futile our discussions are in front of the awe inspired by GOD, who has created everything that surround us, and who 15 BILLION years ago decided to let his divine blow explode into the so called Big Bang!!
Thoughts on the above will be appreciated.
