Does anyone know the source of the phrase "Thinking God's thoughts after
Him?"
Seems presumptuous, doesn't it? But is it something to aspire to?
On the one hand, we are told that we have the "mind of Christ." But, in
the very same verse (1 Cor. 2:16), we are asked, "For who has known the
mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?"
And, of course, we have the encounter of Job with God, in which this is
precisely the issue under discussion.
Moreover, we have the substance of the temptation in the Garden to think
about: "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened,
and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." And the eyes of Adam
and Eve were opened up: "Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and
they realized they were naked ...."
Not a very profound observation by our first parents! Or was it?
Whatever, the phrase "Thinking God's thoughts after Him" has been used
numerous times to describe the activities of scientist and poet.
A recent example of "thinking God's thoughts after Him" is described in
today's Science section of the NY Times: "Experiments on Dense Matter
Evoke Big Bang" http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/16/science/16QUAR.html.
It seems that scientists working at Brookhaven National Laboratory have
now reproduced the same conditions that "existed a few millionths of a
second after the start of the Big Bang."
I wonder whether there is a connection between this latest scientific
achievement and the events that took place so long ago in the Garden.
Gordie
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