GeauxLSU
Senior Member
You know, I'm going to admit something that is probably not going to sit well with some folks but that's familiar territory for me so hopefully we'll all still be best friends.
I tend to be a little analytical. Some of you may have noticed? I work with numbers and do various types of analysis and forecasting and modeling etc.... Things have to 'add up' for me to make 'sense' out of it all or to give it my stamp of approval. I'm also that way in my recreational life. When I was first getting into shooting/hunting I studied ballistic charts and their related drop tables because their had to be 'best' cartridge for each specific potential hunting scenario etc... When I was more into motorcycling I could tell you all the features of most every current model offered and most previous ones and tell you the difference in HP and torque across brands, what an additional pound of rider weight corresponded to in additional needed HP etc...
Really liked Chemistry in school. You know that whole 'scientific method' thing where at the end, you actually PROVED something.
Being analytical is just the way I was wired. I'm much less that way as time goes, I guess having a child does that to a person, but anyway....
When it comes to RELIGION, I guess at one point in my life I was analytical about it to. WHY, HOW were all very important questions to me. But I soon realized, if I tried to make 'sense' out of it all, I was way out of my league. I mean, how could I make 'sense' of the Omniscient One? How arrogant is that? (That's where a few of you might get start to get annoyed ). Seriously, am I supposed to be able to make sense out of God? We are talking about God, omniscient, omnipotent. Just the definition of those two words is more than my sparse gray matter can comprehend so how am I supposed to understand any reasoning for His actions? So if I can't makse sense out of it maybe I can at least 'prove' it? Well, 'proof' is an interesting word to isn't it? Does dropping a pencil and watching it hit the floor PROVE gravity? How do you PROVE God?
Here's what I know as indisputable fact. He has answered my PRAYERS and given me more than I deserve by the fact I opened my eyes this morning. By force, I understand mathematical probability and statictics better than I do most things and I assure you, they don't answer things that have occured in the world and more importantly things in my life.
So, yes I KNOW there is a God and I know the path He has set me on (being a Christian) is TRUE. I've unconsciously tested it, I've proven it, it's a fact. HOWEVER, I do not UNDERSTAND much about it but.... (again, some of you may wince) I just don't care. I don't understand EXACTLY how my truck starts when I turn the key (save the Chevy jokes for another forum), I don't understand exactly how typing a colon, the word 'huh' and another colon gives an animated picture of this little dude but I KNOW it works.
I am not concerned with understanding something that is that much bigger than me. I'm just interesting in knowing Him.
I know my wife, I love her dearly, and for some strange reason reason she loves me. I am not gonna' pretend to understand her. The time I spend trying to accomplish that, would be much better served appreciating her. I know she'd agree. Exact same thing with my 3 year old.
The clock is ticking. What are you doing with your time?
I tend to be a little analytical. Some of you may have noticed? I work with numbers and do various types of analysis and forecasting and modeling etc.... Things have to 'add up' for me to make 'sense' out of it all or to give it my stamp of approval. I'm also that way in my recreational life. When I was first getting into shooting/hunting I studied ballistic charts and their related drop tables because their had to be 'best' cartridge for each specific potential hunting scenario etc... When I was more into motorcycling I could tell you all the features of most every current model offered and most previous ones and tell you the difference in HP and torque across brands, what an additional pound of rider weight corresponded to in additional needed HP etc...
Really liked Chemistry in school. You know that whole 'scientific method' thing where at the end, you actually PROVED something.
Being analytical is just the way I was wired. I'm much less that way as time goes, I guess having a child does that to a person, but anyway....
When it comes to RELIGION, I guess at one point in my life I was analytical about it to. WHY, HOW were all very important questions to me. But I soon realized, if I tried to make 'sense' out of it all, I was way out of my league. I mean, how could I make 'sense' of the Omniscient One? How arrogant is that? (That's where a few of you might get start to get annoyed ). Seriously, am I supposed to be able to make sense out of God? We are talking about God, omniscient, omnipotent. Just the definition of those two words is more than my sparse gray matter can comprehend so how am I supposed to understand any reasoning for His actions? So if I can't makse sense out of it maybe I can at least 'prove' it? Well, 'proof' is an interesting word to isn't it? Does dropping a pencil and watching it hit the floor PROVE gravity? How do you PROVE God?
Here's what I know as indisputable fact. He has answered my PRAYERS and given me more than I deserve by the fact I opened my eyes this morning. By force, I understand mathematical probability and statictics better than I do most things and I assure you, they don't answer things that have occured in the world and more importantly things in my life.
So, yes I KNOW there is a God and I know the path He has set me on (being a Christian) is TRUE. I've unconsciously tested it, I've proven it, it's a fact. HOWEVER, I do not UNDERSTAND much about it but.... (again, some of you may wince) I just don't care. I don't understand EXACTLY how my truck starts when I turn the key (save the Chevy jokes for another forum), I don't understand exactly how typing a colon, the word 'huh' and another colon gives an animated picture of this little dude but I KNOW it works.
I am not concerned with understanding something that is that much bigger than me. I'm just interesting in knowing Him.
I know my wife, I love her dearly, and for some strange reason reason she loves me. I am not gonna' pretend to understand her. The time I spend trying to accomplish that, would be much better served appreciating her. I know she'd agree. Exact same thing with my 3 year old.
The clock is ticking. What are you doing with your time?
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