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Debunking a Myth

Reconciling Twins: Science & Theology

One of the great tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries was when the theory of evolution enabled men to dissect science from theology. Ever since, a holy war has been fought by each succeeding generation. And, as with most wars, the result was a devastating loss to both sides, though neither one will admit it.

For more than a century, science's true role in history has been, slowly but surely, disconnected from its original spiritual dimension.1

Selected Biographies

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543 A.D.) Polish Astronomer First person to discover that the planets were revolving around the Sun.

Selected Glossary

Apologetics: the branch of theology which defends the Christian doctrine on the basis of reason.

Codify: to reduce to a code or digest.

Cognition: the intellectual process by which knowledge is gained through perception.

Empirical: knowledge which is founded upon observation and practical experience.

Evidence: something that furnishes or tends to furnish proof; specifically, something legally submitted to a competent tribunal as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact.

Evolution: a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse condition, to a higher, more complex, or better state.

Frame-of-reference: an interlocking group of facts or ideas (i.e., a systematic set of rules, laws, principles or presuppositions) which serve to orient, or give particular meaning; the characteristic influence that determines every person's unique perspective.

History: a narrative devoted to the interdependence of unfolding events, which includes a philosophic explanation for the cause of such events.

Knowledge: the sum total of what is known about any given subject; the entire body of truth, fact, information, principles, or other objects of cognition acquired by mankind.

Logic: a science that deals the standards of valid thought, traditionally comprising the principles of definitions, classification, demonstration, and proper lines of reasoning; as opposed to rhetoric.

Perspective: a view or conception of the world, derived from past experience with the external world, which serves as a basis for further meaningful action.

Philosophy: the knowledge of the causes of all phenomena, both of mind and matter; reasoned science; practical wisdom.

Providence: the guidance and care which God provides to order matters of human destiny.

Science: the systematized knowledge of any one department of mind or matter; acknowledged truths and laws, especially as demonstrated by induction, experiment, and observation.

Technology: the science of the application of knowledge to practical purposes.

Theology: a rational interpretation of religious faith, practice, and experience; the sum of the beliefs held by a person or group regarding matters of ultimate reality.

Universe: a systematic whole, held to arise by, and persist through, the direct intervention of divine power; the totality of the observed, or postulated, physical whole.

Selected Bibliography

1. The Religion of Technology: The Divinity of Man and the Spirit of Invention - by David F. Noble, p. 4

In contrast to this tendency, however, The LostStories Channel will continually work toward the rediscovery and retracing of all the various kinds of "lost truths" that are so clearly scattered amongst our common histories and heritages throughout the globe. Above all, we will be guided by the principles and laws of apologetics as well as to basic common sense. One of the simplest ways to provide an insight into the LostStories perspective can be summed up in a single illustration.

Go outside, if you will, and look up at the Sun or the Moon, depending on what time it is. Then, imagine the celestial mechanics involved in an eclipse. The Sun is much larger than the moon, yet from our point-of-view on Earth, the two discs are relatively the same size. But, wait.

First, stop and think for a moment. Just contemplate how amazing it really is that these two immense objects, when they do cross paths, could actually appear to be the same size. At 865,000 miles in diameter, the Sun is more than ten times larger than our home planet and more than 93 million miles away from us. The Moon, in contrast, is only 2,160 miles wide and about 240,000 miles away.

The sheer improbability alone of the Sun, Moon, and Earth, all hurling through space, each on its own path, yet aligning so accurately, is staggering to conceive when you take the time to try. Then add to that the fact that these alignments are so consistent that calendars can be produced which predict the exact date of the next eclipse.

An eclipse, then, is a celestial event, which presents the most obvious physical proof of the existence of divine, providential forces.

You may think you are explaining things satisfactorily by pointing out the celestial mechanics involved in an eclipse. You can quantify the masses involved and qualify the data all you want. Try to boil it down to a formula; but all your theorizing will still fall short of the matter.

Something amazing, and beyond our comprehension, is keeping us from spinning off into oblivion, and just to remind us periodically along the way, there will be those ever-present celestial wake-up calls to remind us of our ultimate destiny in the Heavens, beyond our selves and beyond our merely Earthbound view of things.

So, already within everyone's practical, daily experience, in this case, the Sun and the Moon, is actually a "lost story" just waiting to be told, a story which reveals truth that is actually "hidden in plain sight." By simply stating the obvious, The LostStories Channel will provide an ever-present reminder of these "perpetual" facts which have been lost to our daily way of thinking. By pointing to such obvious facts, and bringing them to their logical conclusion, we'll attempt, in an initial way, to begin categorizing the power of "the Obvious."

By providing enough empirical evidence, The LostStories Channel will lay, brick by brick, a foundation for an understanding of many things that science deems unfathomable to human scrutiny (e.g., the proof of God's existence, the laws of spiritual domains, etc.). Because of the limitations of human cognition, only a thorough, broad-based analysis of specific evidence, book by book, and category by category, could ever provide the necessary frame-of-reference.

That's why nothing presented on The LostStories Channel should ever be seen or understood in isolation. This overview approach to the information will provide an ever-increasing awareness of God's control over an apparently reckless stream of events. In this way, the presumed coincidences of Western history, and, in fact, World history, can no longer be seen as a series of mere coincidences.

By creating a web site dedicated to codifying this type of knowledge, we have an entirely new way to approach an age-old problem. Spawned in an electronic information age, The LostStories Channel will be a perpetual place where readers and writers can be involved in an ongoing digital dialog spanning the globe, a place where people can visit 24 hours a day to listen, learn, and discuss.

Now, anyone anywhere can take an active part in assembling the clues we all have at our disposal, as we together try to solve some of the greatest mysteries of the Universe.

(read more about the significance of the sun and the moon...)

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Considering the overwhelming evidence for both scientific and theological truth, where do you feel you lie on the spectrum of belief?
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A balanced approach between science and theology is always possible.
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The nature of reality is far too elusive to understand anything.
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