The Variety of Creation.
Types of creation in everyday life can vary, from a dripping tap over a plastic bowl with water in it, each droplet of water from the tap will cause tiny ripples of water in the bowl under the tap. Then, there are the beautiful rainbows that form from sunlight striking water droplets. While we are on the subject of water, snowflakes have an everlasting range of shapes that can enthral and astound the observer.
I think it may help to think of creation as being of two broad groups. One with intention, such as a man building a house for shelter or rabbits that build a burrow. Then there is creation with no specific intention, such as the universe that is in constant creation and destruction in the form of new stars and old stars. Also in terms of variety of creation, on earth there is the continuous continental drift of forming new land masses.
Did you know that every single day, it is estimated that throughout the entire visible universe there are four hundred million stars born? That is equal to four thousand eight hundred stars per second. Not only that, there are a slightly less number of stars that have reached the end of their life. Some of those dead stars explode releasing material that is the basis for new stars, planets and life. Life and death are all part of creation.
An interesting example of assuming the intention of a creation is that of a collection of paintings. The art expert with confidence described the thinking of each individual artist and the emotions that was depicted in the works of art. Then the presenter of the exhibition asked the art expert if he would like to meet the artists. He was dumbfounded when he was introduced to a chimpanzee, elephant, cat and a robot.
It is so easy to jump to a wrong conclusion when it comes to identifying the intention of a creation.
The universe is an example of surviving the process of creation. Natural selection dictates that universes without the qualities for survival, simply do not exist.
Does life on earth have a specific goal? Other than survival some might argue that it does not appear so. If there was an intention for a specific creature to exist above all others, would it be about longevity of that species or something else? Of course in response to this question, it could be suggested that humans have a biased view.
The result of evolution could be theorised as without a specific form and will continue while the environment is able to support life. There is of course a time when our solar system billions of years in the future will dramatically change. Alteration and adaptation is a part of the variety of creation.
However, individual life is precious and of limited time. So making life for others and yourself as pleasant as possible, I think would be worthwhile.
I think it may help to think of creation as being of two broad groups. One with intention, such as a man building a house for shelter or rabbits that build a burrow. Then there is creation with no specific intention, such as the universe that is in constant creation and destruction in the form of new stars and old stars. Also in terms of variety of creation, on earth there is the continuous continental drift of forming new land masses.
Did you know that every single day, it is estimated that throughout the entire visible universe there are four hundred million stars born? That is equal to four thousand eight hundred stars per second. Not only that, there are a slightly less number of stars that have reached the end of their life. Some of those dead stars explode releasing material that is the basis for new stars, planets and life. Life and death are all part of creation.
An interesting example of assuming the intention of a creation is that of a collection of paintings. The art expert with confidence described the thinking of each individual artist and the emotions that was depicted in the works of art. Then the presenter of the exhibition asked the art expert if he would like to meet the artists. He was dumbfounded when he was introduced to a chimpanzee, elephant, cat and a robot.
It is so easy to jump to a wrong conclusion when it comes to identifying the intention of a creation.
The universe is an example of surviving the process of creation. Natural selection dictates that universes without the qualities for survival, simply do not exist.
Does life on earth have a specific goal? Other than survival some might argue that it does not appear so. If there was an intention for a specific creature to exist above all others, would it be about longevity of that species or something else? Of course in response to this question, it could be suggested that humans have a biased view.
The result of evolution could be theorised as without a specific form and will continue while the environment is able to support life. There is of course a time when our solar system billions of years in the future will dramatically change. Alteration and adaptation is a part of the variety of creation.
However, individual life is precious and of limited time. So making life for others and yourself as pleasant as possible, I think would be worthwhile.
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