Why is it when light shines in a dark world it is still dark? Part VI

The reality of naturalism is that moderns do not know much about reality, especially since they have rejected what is known outside of the unified theory of realism. (from Part V)

If what we think we see and experts of realism claim to know is not completely real, then how can we know what is? Asking the question reveals part of the answer, it has already been intuited. Modern realism is not able to supply the answer. As Jesus said, “if the blind lead the blind both will fall into a ditch.” (Mt. 15:14) Truth is as hidden as God is. Because the followers of realism fail to acknowledge their blindness, they remain lost in the darkness. The light of naturalism only reveals the surface of reality, but it cannot tell what it is made of or how it works. They believe they know and millions are as deceived as they are. Because they have peered into quantum depths and galactic heights, many believe their unified theory of realism is all knowing. Two facts prove their faith is an allusion: they have never observed atoms¹ or black holes² and their knowledge is limited to 10% of material reality at best. Scientists admit 90% of the universe is dark matter³, which they know almost nothing about. That is why the prophetic belief in ‘the-someday-they-will-know-all’ is self-deception. The deception of realism is self-induced because it refuses to acknowledge known truth. It is the reality the ancients knew without telescopes, microscopes, and atom splitters. They knew because within nature the light of God revealed what is in the darkness. Outside the limitation of finite nature the Creator gave some history lessons. Theologians call it revelation. The ancients simply called it seeing and hearing from God.

1. Russell Stannard, The God Experiment: Can Science Prove the Existence of God? (London : Faber and Faber, 1999).

2. Stephen Battersby, Do black holes really exist? New Scientist 18 June 2007, http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn12089-do-black-holes-really-exist.html (23 August 2007). It is apparent scientists do not know whether black holes actually exist. Other scientists have acknowledge that no scientists has ever verified their existence by actual observation.

3. Charles Seife,What Is the Universe Made Of? Science309 no. 5731 (2005), p. 784, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5731/78a (23 August 2007).

See also Part V , Part IV, Part III, Part II, and Part I

Why is it when light shines in a dark world it is still dark? Part V

The ancient writer ... knew something else moderns ignore. (from Part IV. )

The ancients had a glimpse of what was between the pixels. They saw into the other ninety percent of the universe—the dark matter. God not only formed light and created darkness, but He dwelt in the darkness (Is. 45: 17; Ps. 18:11). When the universe was a ball of liquid photons, an external observer would have only seen darkness. The essence of nature was light, but the outer darkness was an empty void. That is how Heinz Pagels described the early universe in Perfect Symmetry. (pp. 253-258) It is also what God revealed to the author of Genesis: “Darkness was over the surface of the deep.” (1:2) But within the empty darkness, “God said, ‘light be … and he separated the light from the darkness’.” (1:4) What the author of Genesis saw about the formation of the earth, astrophysicists see as the formation of the early universe. As it began to expand and planetary systems were being birthed, the light began to shine in the darkness. In the spectrum of light shown the word. The light we see is only a small part of that spectrum, but through the light comes the word of life. Without knowing it, many scientists confirm the power of that word. The late astrophysicist Sir Fred Hoyle believed the logic underlying the complex order organizing life in the universe against forces of entropic chaos was the work of a cosmic intelligence. (see The Intelligent Universe) Like Sir Hoyle, many scientists believe elemental life exists throughout the universe. (see Rare Earth by Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee) The intelligence intuited by Sir Hoyle and a cosmic blueprint by David Bohm points us to the light. That eternal word of God that still flies on the winds of light, and the strong and weak fields in nature give shape to that word. Because of it, the word still becomes flesh--the flesh of quanta, atoms, elements, molecules, organisms, and every form of life; yes, even the sons of God. On the winds of light, flies God’s word to humanity. It is also how angels communicate. Through dreams and visions, God communicates his mind. Like images transported by radio waves, God’s word is translated through perceptible light to the human mind. That is why the prophet Micah said, “Though I dwell in darkness, the Lord is a light for me.” (7:8) In a more poetic form, the ancient prophet Isaiah held a similar promise. The prophet perceived God saying,

“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know,
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will make darkness into light before them,
And rugged places into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will not leave them undone.”
(Is. 42:16)

Isaiah again writes,

“Who among you that fears the Lord,
That obeys the voice of his servant,
That walks in darkness and has no light?
Let him trust in the name of the Lord and
rely on his God.” (Is. 50:10)

And as the ancient sage sang his Psalm,

“Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” (Ps.119:105)

Even though the sage meant the known word of covenant law and morality, the word of God in nature still speaks about its Creator (Ps. 19:1-4; 33:6; Ac. 17:24-31; Ro. 1:18-20) Beyond the evident, God, then as now, continues to show people the way that they should go. (Pr. 3:5-6) The problem is many moderns are blind to the evident. They seem to believe God has no voice to hear, they do not believe scripture was communicated by God to chosen men to reveal, nor do they think divinely inspired dreams and visions are real communication. Yet, the reality of naturalism is that moderns do not know much about reality, especially since they have rejected what is known outside of the unified theory of realism.

See also Part IV, Part III, Part II and Part I.