What you are about to read might
"scare" you or "frighten" you...
or...at the very least...make you "upset!"
Regardless, though, of how you end up
"feeling" emotionally,
the most important thing these words
are going to do is...
MAKE YOU THINK!
You are about to start on a journey...
You are going to a place
your mind has never gone before...
and you will
never be quite the same again!
Stop reading NOW
if you are the kind of person who
doesn't like to "CHANGE"
because reading the words that follow
will start your intellect, and your soul,
down a path leading to exactly "THAT"..!
LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN...!
You are reading these words on your
computer monitor and guess
where the "monitor" came from!
People who work in a factory MADE your monitor!
People also MADE the clothes you are wearing...
and the car you drive...
and the house you live in...
and the shoes on your feet...
and the chair you are sitting in...
and everything else in the world...
RELATING TO "PEOPLE"...!!!
The modern world of human "THINGS"
have all been "MADE" for us...
BY PEOPLE!
Even "YOU" were made by people...
your "PARENTS" made you!
Each one of us learns, as a young child,
that we only need to go to a store and
"BUY" the "people" things we need... or want!
And, we also learn that these "people" things
never just "appear" -LIKE MAGIC- in our homes!
We have to "BUY" these things from other people!.
The telephone didn't just "APPEAR"
out of a SMOKE CLOUD
and float down to rest on the table!
We had to "BUY" the telephone in a store
AND BRING IT HOME!
In fact, we have "ALL" learned that
"THINGS" can't just "appear", like magic,
out of a smoke cloud!
So we have learned that "things"
have to be "MADE"...!
Indeed, people have made lots and lots of things!
BUT
"PEOPLE"
DID
NOT
MAKE
THE
EARTH!
If someone asks you where you live, you
will probably tell them the name of the city!
Or, you will tell them the name of the street
you live on! Or, you will tell them
what country you live in!
The "answer" you give the person will depend
upon the conversation, or the context!
And, naturally, your answer
will "fit" the question!
"BUT"
There is another "ANSWER" to this question!
An answer that we
NEVER...NEVER...NEVER...
EVER... EVER... EVER...
"....USE...."
The next time someone asks you where you live...
tell them you live on the EARTH
and it's a round ball that
FLIES THROUGH SPACE!
...!...WOW...!...
THINK!
ABOUT!
THAT!
...THINK ""HARD"" ABOUT THAT...
REALLY HARD !
Now, it's time for a coffee break!
I'd like you to get up out of your chair
and walk around for a few minutes while you
think about what you have read so far.!.
While you are walking and thinking,
remember that we all really
"DO"
live on a ball
that's flying through space!
STOP
READING!
I asked you to take a break
and walk around for a few minutes!
So "DO" it!
AND THINK ABOUT
LIVING ON A BALL
THAT'S FLYING THROUGH SPACE!
Does this seem really incredible to you?!
Have you ever thought about your life
in this way before?
And how many of us don't really comprehend
the true significance of this fact?!
We all live together on a ball that
flies through space...
is not something we all regularly talk about...
or even THINK about...for that matter!
Perhaps, an example would be appropriate...!
Think about the old farmer and his wife who are sitting on the porch right now...watching a beautiful sunset. They have been good people all their lives and they are proud of the three sons and two daughters they raised. So they are watching the sunset and holding hands, because they are still very much in love with each other! Just then, they happen to notice "YOU" as you are slowly walking up the road toward their farm house. Finally, you are standing at the bottom of the porch steps and you look up at them and say, "Do you folks realize that we all live on a ball that's flying through space?"
Now, guess how they
will answer "THAT" question!
The old man and his wife will look at each other and smile...then...slowly, they will shake their heads back and forth...and finally, they will look at you, with obvious pity in their eyes, and say, "You must be crazy or drunk or somethin'...'cause...
this here isn't no flyin' space ball place...
THIS IS KANSAS!"
Ok, am I being unfair by using this example
to point out that most of us just DO NOT
comprehend where we are?!
Well, maybe this "is" a little unfair...but, it DOES
illustrate the typical response to the question...
and by the way,
how often have
YOU
...YES...
"YOU"
the person reading these words,
thought about the question?
I mean "really" thought about it!
Well, if "YOU" are typical, the answer is
NEVER !
Yes, I know what you are thinking!
Some of you are thinking..."WOW"...I have never
thought about my life in this way before
and it's just far to incredible for words!
While others are thinking...
"so what?"
If you fall into the "so what" category,
please stay here and keep reading...
because your "so what" is going to be
answered in another minute!
By now, we all agree that we
"DO"
live on a ball that's flying through space!
As incredible as it may seem to you, that's exactly
where we "DO" live!
Now, we have arrived at the question that has
puzzled mankind for untold thousands of years!
So, once more, here it is again...
"WHERE DID THE EARTH COME FROM?"
To answer this wonderful mystery question and totally agree that the answer makes perfect "SENSE"...
we must go on a little TRIP first... a trip into the UNIVERSE itself!
Yes, I know how boring "science" can be but,
we only need to talk in science terms for a moment!
So stay with me!
So far, "science", has proven that the UNIVERSE is expanding and it's perfectly logical to conclude that
before this "expansion" started, all of the "matter"
was located in one,
and ONLY one,
PLACE!
This "PLACE" would be the "point" where
expansion STARTED from!
Ok, so far!
Now... what happened in this place that could "fling"..."hurl"..."throw"...
all of the matter OUT into the vastness of space?
To explain this, the scientists have a theory called,
"The Big Bang!"
This was a massive, tremendous, "EXPLOSION"...
that threw matter out into space, in all directions!
This was the beginning of the universe
and the proven "expansion"
our science instruments can
measure, all around us,
is the EVIDENCE!
Science "DOES" get something "right" once in a while
and this is one of those times!
The Universe "DID" start this way!
Obviously, our question...
"Where did the earth come from?"
Has been finally answered!
OR, HAS IT...?
Actually, the answer has raised another question
that's even harder to answer!
OR, IS IT...?
Remember when we talked about people making
everything on earth that "RELATES" to people?!
And, we know that "people" didn't make
the "EARTH"... or ...the "UNIVERSE!"...
SO...WHO DID..?
Lets see if this is easy to answer by making
some of our "OWN" science "LAWS"...!!!
If we can "see" or "feel" or "measure" something,
then it's "REAL..!"
All "REAL" things are "real" to "EVERYONE"..!
All "REAL" things have an atomic "structure" or "COMPOSITION"..!
All "REAL" things never come "floating along"
out of "NOTHING"..!
All "REAL" things are reality "CONSTRUCTIONS"..!
All "REAL" things have been "MADE"..!
Now, we are half way to finding
the answer to our question,
"Who Made The Earth"...?
We know that "somebody" made it,
because our "LAWS" proved that
"everything real" has been "made"...!
SO, WHO DID THE WORK???
This may seem, at first, to be impossible to answer... but, maybe it "CAN" be answered if we first try to figure out who DIDN'T make the earth...!!!
Is it logical to say that
a MAGIC "GENIE" made it?
DO YOU THINK HE MAY LOOK LIKE THIS?
Is it logical to say little green men from Mars made the Earth...?
Is it logical to say people made the Earth...?
Is it logical to say the magic genie made the Earth...?
Is it logical to say the Earth just
APPEARED
out of a magic "nothing" smoke cloud...?
Is it logical to say we can never answer this question...?
Is it logical to say the Earth was never made at all...?
JUST WHAT
"IS"
A LOGICAL THING TO SAY...?
Is it logical to say that a
SUPER BEING
far beyond our understanding
made the Earth..?
THE UNIVERSE
HAS BEEN "MADE" AND THIS
IS NOT A "THEORY"...
OR A "DREAM"...
THE UNIVERSE IS A "REAL" THING...
A "REAL" PLACE...
AND THIS BALL WE LIVE ON...
THAT FLIES THROUGH SPACE...
THIS BALL WE CALL THE "EARTH"...
IS VERY VERY VERY "REAL"...
AND
AND
AND
A "PART" OF THE UNIVERSE...
ISN'T IT...!
!...ALL "REAL" THINGS HAVE BEEN MADE...!
...SO...
""" YOU """
""" TELL """
""" ME """
who
""" COULD """
have made
THE UNIVERSE..?
THINK ABOUT THAT!
I mean "REALLY" think about that!
Think harder than you have ever thought before...
in your entire life...!
THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL IT "HURTS"...
AND YOU JUST CAN'T THINK ANYMORE...!
THEN GO OUTSIDE AT NIGHT
AND LOOK UP AT THE STARS...!
...NOW...
THINK ABOUT IT
!...AGAIN...!
AND SUDDENLY...
YOU WILL REALIZE...
YOU ALWAYS DID
KNOW THE ANSWER..!
THERE ONLY
..."IS"...
AFTER ALL...
JUST ONE...
AND ONLY ONE...
LOGICAL
ANSWER
LOOK UP AT THE STARS AGAIN...
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE UNIVERSE...
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE
GREATEST SYMPHONY EVER WRITTEN!
ENJOY!
now... listen hard ...
AND YOU WILL HEAR THE MUSIC..!!!
ENJOY... INDEED...!
For you have been given the greatest gifts of all...
You have been given a SOUL... and LIFE...!
Now, do something with BOTH of them!
For you...yes...
...YOU...
are just as important as the stars you are looking at!
DON'T WASTE YOUR GIFTS...!
If you can't think of anything to actually DO....
A "GETTING STARTED" LIST FOLLOWS...!
1.... Go to a Church in a poor area...and give the Minister some money...tell him to buy some food and clothes for a poor family...without telling them where the money came from...! And, try to do this every month!
2.... Go to a school in a poor area and establish a money fund for one of the children who works hard and has perfect school grades! Put the child through college! Without them ever knowing who you are!
3.... Make a web site page like this one...but, make it a hundred times better than this one!
4.... Write a book about why we should help others without expecting anything in return for helping them!
5.... Start up a totally free medical clinic in a poor inner-city area!
6.... Spend more time with your children... Your "TIME" is the greatest gift you can give them!
7.... Finally .... "THINK" .... there are a thousand different things that you can do....so find the one you feel good about....and just
" DO"
it!
Well, did we find the answer to the original question...
"Is God real?"
We proved that the Universe was
"MADE"
and didn't just suddenly appear
out of a magic "NOTHING" smoke cloud!
So, you tell "ME"...
Who else "" COULD "" have made the Universe?
And now..?
In time, the human race will grow up
a little more
and we will be ready to take
the next "baby-step!"
God is waiting for us... out there... among the stars..!
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