A Tree (Part 3)

I realize that this discussion is not enough to "prove" that God created the heavens and the earth scientifically.  It does, however, raise the right questions for us to answer whether you believe in God or not.


I like to remember with a little poem I wrote:



Where did we come from?
Consider a Tree,
The Birds of the Air,
and the Fish of the Sea.
The Flocks, Herds, and Beasts
add no more than Three.
And if that’s not enough,
think of You…and of Me.
Where did we come from?
Consider a Tree.

A Tree (Part 2)

The fig trees are producing their early fruit. The flowers on the vines are giving off their sweet smell. (Song of Solomon 2:13a NIrV)

My hypothesis bears out...at least with the testing, research, and observations I've made thus far in my life.  I have never experienced a living being whose origin was not another living being.  Sound too "nerdy" to you?

Try this.  Where do trees come from?  I don't mean philosophically.  I mean in the practical science of things.  Pick a tree...any tree.  Where is it rooted.  How did it grow?  How did it start to grow?  It all started with a seed, didn't it?  Trees grow from seeds.

Now, here's the next question.  Where did that seed come from?  Well, it came from another tree didn't it?  Every tree comes from a seed and, in my experience, every seed comes from another tree.  We have no example of trees not coming from seeds!

Don't like trees?  Let's try this one.  Where did you come from?  Your mom, right?  Where did your mom come from?  Her mom, right?  We have no experience of people coming from anything but the basic building blocks provided by other people.

The problem, then, scientifically is this.  We have no experience of living beings not coming from other living beings.  They always confirm my hypothesis.  Unfortunately, scientists will tell us that there is a definite beginning to our earth and that living beings did not always exist.  How, then, did the first living being get here?  It's the age-old "chicken and the egg" question.  Which came first...and how?

Well, obviously, I believe God started it all.  How about you?

A Tree (Part 1)

It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches." (Luke 13:19 TNIV)


I enjoy science.  I always have.  From my earliest memories, my strongest subject in school was mathematics, not language arts.  When I was old enough to start considering a career, I immediately began looking at the sciences.  Since Computer Science was the latest and greatest of the sciences of the time, that became my choice.  Had it not existed, I most probably would have found myself in some variation on the theme of Physics.  I like figuring out how things work.


Because of my pension for scientific endeavors, I also enjoy the process.  I find comfort in the Scientific Method with it's hypotheses, observations, testing, adjusting, and retesting.  I like knowing the limits of the measuring equipment and accurately reporting the data down to the correct number of significant digits.  I like when an hypothesis tests well enough to become a theory and, over time, finally earns the status in the scientific community of "Law."  I'll say it again.  I like figuring out how things work.


So, I have an hypothesis.  I know this is not a blog going out to the greats of the scientific community, but I just thought I'd throw it out there for anyone who would like to hear it.


My hypothesis is this:  "All living beings come from other living beings."


There...I said it.  What do you think?


I'll unpack this a little more in future entries, but for now I'll leave it there.