> Does anyone know the source of the phrase "Thinking God's thoughts after
> Him?"
It's commonly attributed to Kepler, but I don't know of any specific
reference.
> 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.
I've always been taught that we would disobey God if we _failed_ to
investigate His amazing creation scientifically.
Numerous Christian theologians, philosophers, and educators have
written at length about this idea. In the interest of time and
brevity, I'll just mention some Bible texts to consider.
Genesis 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and
increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of
the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that
moves on the ground."
Proverbs 19:2 It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be
hasty and miss the way.
Matthew 25:14-30 (The parable of the talents).
Loren Haarsma
Calvin College
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