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Origins The “colonial period” of America is characterized by the influx of settlers from many different places around the world. Whether the inhabitants of the New World are descendants of Spanish conquistadors, poor Irish potato farmers, African slaves, or even Native Americans, their origin in America is crucial to their cultural identity. For the Native Americans, there is no story about the voyage across the Atlantic; however, their creation stories play a crucial role in their identity and…

one hundred pages of the book, Why Nothing Can Travel Faster than Light and Other Explorations in Nature’s Curiosity Shop. In the first one hundred pages I read twelve short essays that addressed topics ranging from measuring the vastness of our universe to global warming In the first story I read, Sky Wanderers, the authors taught me about a beneficial acronym (My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Pies) to remember the names of the planets in order of closest to farthest away from the Sun.…

Church had total influence. The church decided the earth was the center of the universe, Copernicus was placed under house arrest for thinking otherwise. The debate rages if Newton was influenced by religion. Newton did spend a tremendous time interrupting the bible and searching for the hidden references to creation and the universe among many topics he pursued. Newton may have actually believed that the clockwork universe theory required the creator occasionally rewind the universal…

Ultimate questions have always been perennial in their discussion. Within Christianity, the Genesis creation stories have provided comfort to adherents surrounding the beginning of the universe and our destiny. The themes developed throughout the Genesis stories are still valid in the post-modern era. This is because, they provide foundational morals and guidelines which are important for society, and innate to our being. These stories are used by Christian adherents as a structure for solving…

of justice, life’s purpose, and the transcendent. In Timaeus, God is portrayed as a craftsman who plans and creates a world of excellence. By using reasoning and mathematics, he is able to create a beautifully ordered universe out of chaos.…

Marie von Ebner Eschenbach once said, “In youth we learn; in age we understand.” I agree with this quote. During youth we learn and experience a lot of our “firsts.” Our first word, first steps, first bully, first fight, first kiss, first relationship, first love and first time. Thus, when we get older we evolve and understand more of what life is and what is expected of you. Though I am merely fifteen years old and haven’t graduated high school yet, I’ve matured and have learned from my…

this is in Plato’s, “The Allegory of the Cave”. But the reason this is unique is because it doesn’t exactly match that of monistic thinking because there appears to be an invisible paralleling and unseen spiritual universe inside the ancient Hawaiian process oriented monistic universe. There is a great explanation in the book Kū Kanaka as to where these invisible Heavens and Gods…

Philosophical Stand-Off The pre-Socratic philosophers were among the first to lay the foundation upon which our current beliefs and philosophies were built upon. These philosophers of ancient Greece were some of the very first scholars to apply logic to the universe and attempt to rationalise the world around them. Just the thought that these individuals had such a colossal ability to infer, with regard to the era they presided in and the resources accessible to them, is simply remarkable. Their…

Reflection on Vern S. Poythress “Redeeming Mathematics: A God-Centered Approach” Written by Jordan Baker, Numon Gafurov, CJ Gordon, Charlie Hubbard, and Alex Vander Stoep The Society of Brainiacs - Affiliation NWC Overview: In his book, “Redeeming Mathematics: A God-Centered Approach”, Vern S. Poythress offers a foundational interpretation for all mathematical thought. Driven by his strong love for math along with his strong love for God, Poythress argues that “God’s consistent character and…

This says that every effect from the universe results from chance events. If we believe that matter is finite, like contemporary physics, and that God is infinite, Philo concludes that there has to be infinite parallel universes with infinite differences. This idea scares both Cleanthes and Demea. Demea offers his own input on Philo’s theory of matter motion in that it would require…