The Flying Spaghetti Monster

Richard Dawkins explains in an interview with Steve Paulson why he thinks that asking "Why are we here on earth" is a remarkably stupid question.

Check out the interview here. The Flying Spaghetti Monster

Wow! I have asked myself, "Why am I here on earth?" at least once a day for the last 15 years of my life. I can honestly admit that I have never once considered it to be a stupid question. I have pondered that the question is extremely difficult, exceedingly perplexing, completely unanswerable, overtly philosophical, and personally challenging at times, but I have never ever imagined it to be "stupid." My mother always taught me that there are no stupid questions, but rather, only stupid answers. I assume that anyone who reasons as Dawkins does has never truly contemplated what C.S. Lewis meant when he wrote the following: "If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning."

Rejoicing in my discovery of meaning...(Psalm 16:11)

Seven Primary Worldview Questions

WHAT? the question of REALITY

WHO? the question of IDENTITY

WHEN? the question of HISTORY

WHERE? the question of SOCIETY

WHY? the question of MYSTERY

HOW? the question of VIABILITY

WHICH? the question of INTENTIONALITY

Quotation by G.K. Chesterton

While researching some concepts about worldview development and comparing interrogative structures in several languages, I found a wonderful quotation by G.K. Chesterton.

He wrote, "If Christianity should happen to be true -- that is to say, if its God is the real God of the universe -- then defending it may mean talking about anything and everything. Things can be irrelevant to the proposition that Christianity is false, but nothing can be irrelevant to the proposition that Christianity is true. All things not only may have something to do with the Christian God, but must have something to do with Him if He lives and reigns."

Learning How to Blog

I spent all day learning how to operate a blog, with the help of my dear friend Jakub. I actually thank God that I don't understand computers. I prefer personal contact with people. But, I am a writer, so I guess I need to get used to "fiddling with this." I don't even know if anyone will read it, but I hope they will at least check out the links to the other cool people who have influenced my life tremendously.