Holiday Philosophy

Today, Pastor Romper Room, the one that asks us to repeat words like we need help growing our vocabulary, talked about the Magi visiting Jesus. Yes, this is religion folks. Number one remember that the king at the time was a bad dude. Herod killed his mother, wife and three of his sons. He was a paranoid with a clear understanding that God was sending a divine king and it could happen during his reign. A group of scholarly astronomers following an anomalous star that seemed to match up to some stories about a future king. This is where my tangent begins. Science today is lacking something that the Magi understood. There is a connection between science and belief that was strong when our science was new and our belief was old. The comfort of a divine caregiver and a secure afterlife allowed safe exploration of the unknown things in the world. The unknown belonged in the same safe realm where we live watched over by the same greater power. Now belief has passed and is like a ghost to so many. Science prevailed and is considered the prover of what to believe. We were better suied to science driven by belief. The focuse was more altruistic and based in principle. Those that studied scientific pursuites enjoyed the comfort of foregiveness and a safe afterlife for their well intentioned curiosity. The Magi found Christ in this science. Today, science along leads to the bleak prospect of a dark extinguished death buried in a cold earth or turned to ashes in a jar. Our spirit and deeds lost forever unless others put a value on some part of them and make a record. Man's deeds and activities are directed at creating meaning. Humans have an instinctive flaw to seek meaning outside of satisfying our physical needs. The more we seek that meaning, the further we get from our instinct and internal integrity. Our compass continues to provide a direction, however, we have forgotten how to access it. My point here is to find your compass. We can have incredible science grown inside belief of the unseen and magical.