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A Moment in History... - Subscribe
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That a maker is required for anything that is made is a lesson Sir Isaac Newton was able to teach forcefully to an atheist-scientist friend of his. Sir Isaac had an accomplished artisan fashion for him a small scale model of our solar system which was to be put in a room in Newton’s home when completed. The assignment was finished and installed on a large table. The workman had done a very commendable job, simulating not only the various sizes of the planets and their relative proximities, but also so constructing the model that everything rotated and orbited when a crank was turned. It was an interesting, even fascinating work, as you can image, particularly to anyone schooled in the sciences. Newton’s atheist-scientist friend came by for a visit. Seeing the model, he was naturally intrigued, and proceeded to examine it with undisguised admiration for the high quality of the workmanship. ‘My! What an exquisite thing this is!’ he exclaimed. ‘Who made it?’ Paying little attention to him, Sir Isaac answered, ‘Nobody.’ Stopping his inspection, the visitor turned and said: ‘Evidently you did not understand my question. I asked who made this. Newton, enjoying himself immensely no doubt, replied in a still more serious tone. ‘Nobody. What you see just happened to assume the form it now has.’ ‘You must think I am a fool!’ the visitor retorted heatedly, ‘Of course somebody made it, and he is a genius, and I would like to know who he is.’ Newton then spoke to his friend in a polite yet firm way: ‘This thing is but a puny imitation of a much grander system whose laws you know, and I am not able to convince you that this mere toy is without a designer and maker; yet you profess to believe that the great original from which the design is taken has come into being without either designer or maker! Now tell me by what sort of reasoning do you reach such an incongruous conclusion?’ |
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king_georg
WHERE WERE YOU ON NOVEMBER 22 1963 Nov 23rd, 2007 3:16:01 am - Subscribe
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It was close to midday on November 22, 1963 when the Presidential motorcade made that fateful turn onto Dealy Plaza in Dallas, Texas. All of a sudden shots rang out. Within seconds the President of the United States was shot down in cold blood. The assasination marked an indelible memory into Americans that were alive at that moment in time. Almost everybody can remember what he or she was doing that day. Today November 22, 2007 not hardly a word was spoken about the event. Even though it is thanksgiving day, at least you would think there would be some mention of it. Many of our great historical moments seems to have fallen by the wayside such as December 7, 1941. Will September 11, 2001 fall by the wayside as has these other events? I know we want to forget the bad things that happen to us. But let us not forget that innocent people died on those days. Some famous, and some not. This is my dedication to those events in time so that they will not be forgoten. |