I believe the world is round.
My senses indicate the world is flat.
The moon hints the world might be shaped like it.
My faith holds that the world is being maintained and held together.
There's a possibility the world might be round... or it could be flat.
Tradition teaches the world sits on the back of an elephant.
Research has verified the world is indeed round.
Beliefs, senses, comparisons, faith, traditions, and teachings can all be false. Research is the only means to reach a fairly accurate conclusion. But even research which barks up the wrong tree can mislead and produce false evidence too.
So, hold on to your beliefs and traditions until thorough and accurate research either verifies them or disproves them. Be able to recognize accurate research from inconclusive or agendaic research, which can be more harmful than it is helpful.
Believe what you want, but don't believe with stubborn ignorance.
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About the Composer
- tAaOS
- In those wee hours of the morning; in those quiet, private times spent with the Lord; in those times of prayer and faithfully studying His word; that was when the Alpha & Omega Suite came to it's composer. This didn't happen instantaneously, but slowly and consistently over the course of nine years, beginning in 2000 and going through 2008. Accuracy to God's Word was more important than finishing the Suite quickly, which is a process that flies in contrast with the way things are normally done in our throw-away, media-centered culture. But, when dealing with the concept of God, it's important that our proclamation is based upon what He has revealed of Himself and not on the imaginations of fallen humanity.
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