Thursday, July 20, 2006

Power of the Open Mind

In the beginning, there was a time of "not knowing". We knew only what we saw. If a man said "Move!" to a mountain and it moved, he accepted it and went about his business. Maybe we could fly off a cliff or walk on water. There was no conception of life yet, so life could be anything.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days - and also afterward - when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
Genesis 6:4

Hmmm, OK. Who or what exactly was humping our women. There's only us in the universe, right? The Bible must be mistaken. We know better than to believe that crap now.

Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts.
Exodus 7:10-11

So if a man threw down his staff and it turned to a snake, what would our reaction be to that now? Same as Pharaoh's - that no matter what you saw it was not unbelievable? Nah, we'd scream our bloody heads off in panic because we just saw the impossible. We know the laws of physics. Don't tell me there's anything else.

Joshua said to the Lord:
"O sun, stand still over Gibeon. O moon, over the Valley of Aijulon." So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped.

Joshua 10:12-13

There would be terror in the streets if that happened now. Back then, the unknowing just said, "Fuck, what a long ass day!" They didn't know they had lived through a miracle. Or was it a miracle? Maybe there are just realities out there we have forgotten. If a man walked on water every day, would it still be a miracle? Or just a part of reality?

Life still can be anything.


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