Jeffery G. Douglas

       Periodically I am moved by a poem or quote that I have read or received.  If you follow me, you know that one of those poems is by  Rudyard Kipling “If.”    The Train of Life  At birth, we board the train and meet our parents, and we believe they will always travel by our side. As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant i.e. our siblings, friends, children, and even the love of your life. However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone. Others will step down over time and leave a permanent vacuum. Some, however, will go so unnoticed that we don’t realize they vacated their seats. This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells. Success consists of having a good relationship with all passengers requiring that we give the best of ourselves. The mystery to everyone is: We do not know at which stati...

    They are some scientists that do not believe in God, while others do. While there is no scientific consensus that God does or does not exist, as science focuses on natural explanations and empirical evidence.     This may lead some scientists to find the concept of God unnecessary. Not-With-Standing the fact that science “cannot disprove or prove” the existence of God, then it is the religious belief ( Hebrews 11:1)   that involves faith and supernatural ( Leviticus 19:31)    explanations, which are not within the realm of scientific inquiry.      Scientists that do not believe in God because they are not a part of nature, supernatural entities that cannot be investigated by science directly. In that sense, science and religion are separate and address aspects of human understanding in different ways.      Attempts to pit science and religion against each other create controversy where none ...