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values paradoxes

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew,
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
a time of war, and a time of peace." Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Time and Space

Twentieth Century science and society in general have become obsessed with the relationship between time and space, and particularly with the space-time continuum. Think of all of the movies and television shows and books based on stepping or jumping or diving through a time window to find the hero or the heroine some when else. H.G. Wells’ book “The Time Machine” set the standard for relating time and space, with it’s publication in 1895.2.32 Then Albert Einstein developed the Theory of Relativity,2.33 and the rest is history. We have become a society focused on the relationships between time and space.

As science evolves, our understanding of the relationship between time and space becomes more complex. For instance, Stephen W. Hawking’s book “A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Back Holes,”2.34 or his follow-up book “The Universe in a Nutshell”2.35 each provide beautifully illustrated simplified explanations of very complex scientific concepts. These were concepts which were not completely contemplated by H.G. Wells or even Albert Einstein. In some sense, science, with its drive to unravel the universe, has become a new kind of life, always growing, and expanding, and evolving. To some of us it seems like this growth is reaching out to where religion has been throughout the ages. This on-going evolution does bring hope there will be a reconciliation of the science-religion matrix.



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