While many aspects of God and His creation (man+world) can now be quantified, explained, mimicked...I really have to take a step back and wonder...as a Christian...where is the line...when have we gone too far. God destroyed the world by the flood when they had gone too far, He also divided men by language at the tower of Babel, for so much less than what is going on today. I have always thought that "knowledge is power" and I have no doubt that man's knowledge exceeds anything we can possibly imagine, but when is it too far?

Back in the 70's a book was written..."Who Should Play God" that brought up a lot of excellent questions about when you gain knowledge, who exactly has the power. In high school (late 60's), I did a term paper on a series of 4 articles from Life Magazine that discussed where science and technology were taking us and then asking the significant questions about the ramifications of all this knowledge...legal, moral, spiritual, etc. It was an excellent series of articles and it really was a foreshadowing of exactly where we are today.

I don't mean to beleaguer the point but as much as I think knowledge is important, I think it has to be looked at through the lens of a (my) belief in God, as the omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent creator of everything seen and unseen in this world. Knowledge has become king and the central pursuit of mankind...but who or what is really behind the drive to want to "be God"? The Bible and its' truths are enough for me...God has the power and ability to let man discover so many of His hidden truths about the universe, but there really is a line and I unfortunately I think we have crossed it. ALL science and technology can be used for good, but it is just as likely that it will be used for nefarious purposes...as we see over and over and over.

The central them of the Word of God is reconciliation with God through the shed blood of Jesus. That is from beginning to end the message of the Bible...yet some say The Word is fraudulent, unreliable, etc. I think they have not studied the Word to understand the unique written message God has given us. In all...that is the most important knowledge man can embrace and if that is not foundational, then all other knowledge is of no consequence. Anyway, we need to really evaluate what we are seeing and hearing and where we are headed.

While many aspects of God and His creation (man+world) can now be quantified, explained, mimicked...I really have to take a step back and wonder...as a Christian...where is the line...when have we gone too far. God destroyed the world by the flood when they had gone too far, He also divided men by language at the tower of Babel, for so much less than what is going on today. I have always thought that "knowledge is power" and I have no doubt that man's knowledge exceeds anything we can possibly imagine, but when is it too far?

Back in the 70's a book was written..."Who Should Play God" that brought up a lot of excellent questions about when you gain knowledge, who exactly has the power. In high school (late 60's), I did a term paper on a series of 4 articles from Life Magazine that discussed where science and technology were taking us and then asking the significant questions about the ramifications of all this knowledge...legal, moral, spiritual, etc. It was an excellent series of articles and it really was a foreshadowing of exactly where we are today.

I don't mean to beleaguer the point but as much as I think knowledge is important, I think it has to be looked at through the lens of a (my) belief in God, as the omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent creator of everything seen and unseen in this world. Knowledge has become king and the central pursuit of mankind...but who or what is really behind the drive to want to "be God"? The Bible and its' truths are enough for me...God has the power and ability to let man discover so many of His hidden truths about the universe, but there really is a line and I unfortunately I think we have crossed it. ALL science and technology can be used for good, but it is just as likely that it will be used for nefarious purposes...as we see over and over and over.

The central them of the Word of God is reconciliation with God through the shed blood of Jesus. That is from beginning to end the message of the Bible...yet some say they are fraudulent, unreliable, etc. I think they have not studied the Word to understand the unique written message God has given us. In all...that is the most important knowledge man can embrace and if that is not foundational, then all other knowledge is of no consequence. Anyway, we need to really evaluate what we are seeing and hearing and where we are headed.