Month: November 2016

MORE:	LESS
Love and caring	Hatred and violence
Understanding	Prejudice
Contentment with what you have	Greed for more and more of what others have.
Peacemakers	Warmongers
Truth and openness	Lies and broken promises

In the words of  Pollyanna   “we need to look on the bright side”

In the words of the Apostle Paul  “Learn to be content with what you have”

In the words of Jesus  “give thanks for all the good the good things God has given”

And in the words of the manager of the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel  “Everything will be all-right in the end and if it’s not all-right then we are not yet at the end”

So, don’t let the flame of hope go out, trust in God and love your neighbour as yourself. If we want to make the world a better place we need to start in our own hearts and minds!!!

The history of the christian church has many instances where strongly held beliefs have turned out to be wrong. The classic example being Galileo. The “church” believed that the earth had to be the centre of the universe, and that the sun and the other planets revolved around the earth. This was based on their interpretation of the Bible. Galileo, on the other hand, believed that the earth revolved around the sun, since this simplified the mathematics of planetary motion. After persecuting Galileo, common sense eventually prevailed and the church accepted Galileos theory.

Science also has had it’s share of strongly held beliefs which later proved to be incorrect. An example is Dalton’s Atomic theory which states “that atoms are indivisible and indestructable” While this still holds true for “chemical reactions” we now know that atoms can be split and even destroyed by “nuclear reactions”

These and other examples suggest that we need to keep an open mind about strongly held beliefs in both theology and science.

Can you comment on any other examples?

Do you agree with this premise?