I think he is clearly correct that spiritual things are of central importance, and probably out to sea on his conclusions about exactly how that works. For example, at one point he says that the reason we're getting hit with more hurricanes is probably abortion. Even some climate-change supporters don't agree that we are in fact getting hit with more or stronger hurricanes on average, but let's leave that. I looked into that a bit and found this map of abortion rates by state:
What I notice about that is that, while Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina all are pretty dark, the rest of the hurricane-strike region isn't as much so. Where are the natural disasters hitting New York and Pennsylvania? Probably this theory just doesn't hold water.
Likewise, while it's not quite as easy to explain the invention of nuclear power as it is to explain, say, the invention of the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell), that's only because it was a lengthy process of many discoveries over a long period of time. It's not that we can't give a precise account of which human beings contributed what part, it's just a longer story that most people won't have at the tip of their tongue.
As I said in the email conversation, too, "Nuclear weapons arguably have provided more peace than almost any human invention; though there have been small wars, and proxy wars, we haven't had a major war in decades. Of course, that could change if people don't start thinking straight. Nuclear energy, meanwhile, has great promise to lift up the human condition.
"I don't think it's demonic; it is weird, though. All the stuff that happens at the quantum level is. But God made the quanta too."
That doesn't unravel the point that spiritual things are of titanic importance. They are. We should all attend to those matters, in our own homes and communities, first and foremost with those who are closest to us and deserve our time and attention. If we do that, I do believe things will get better where we are, for a while, as long as we keep doing it.
I managed a little over 8 minutes of that. A complete waste of time.
ReplyDeleteIf he wants to make prophetic pronouncements such as that the hurricanes are God's punishment, he should stand ready for the penalty if he is found wrong. That they _could be_ punishment for something is true; to say that X or Y or Z is the matter at issue is to profess to speak for God, and is likely presumptuous.
ReplyDeleteFrom Florida...if it weren't for the nuclear power plant at Crystal River...we'd still be living in the dark ages in Fla...lol.
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Interesting. I believe that the Lord arranged things Isaac Newton described so that we can have order in our world. The quantum realm is where God works.
ReplyDeleteAs we poke into quantum physics we are rummaging through God's tool box.
I'd guess God's toolbox is far, far beyond any of the levels we've yet suspected, not that He isn't working in all the levels, including the ones we can grasp now or could grasp 50,000 years ago.
ReplyDeleteWhile hurricanes (tornados, floods, fatal blizzards, et al) are not necessarily a punishment from God for the 50 million babies slaughtered...........let us also remember that the Israelites were not in Babylon, nor Egypt, because those spots were tourist destinations.
ReplyDeleteI thought the spot was interesting because of Carlson's previous oeuvre; it lends a perspective on Carlson which was not always evident. As you note, some of what he says there is spot-on and critically important; but some is............a bit...........flighty.
By the way, not everyone agrees about Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone. Nor about Coca-Cola, nor T. Edison. See: https://www.unz.com/lromanoff/a-few-historical-frauds/
Hmmm. Cardi B believes that hurricanes descended on States which voted Trump.......
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