tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543261107340081741.post7414932552059406309..comments2023-06-25T08:55:42.731-04:00Comments on What I Learned from Daniel : The Blog: Francis S. Collins MD PhDAlexandra of Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383184282535835905noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543261107340081741.post-95802091494062822013-11-11T15:24:49.779-05:002013-11-11T15:24:49.779-05:00Thank you for your comment, Kymber. Yes, I think...Thank you for your comment, Kymber. Yes, I think they already know these things. Sometimes, I cannot shift gears from being the parent who brought interesting things to "the child" and instead be the earthbound one, who is still learning, and who does not yet know all of the things that Daniel so clearly does, and possibly did while he was still here.Alexandra of Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383184282535835905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543261107340081741.post-33174281014005056142012-03-13T08:23:08.541-04:002012-03-13T08:23:08.541-04:00Alexandra - get ready for a long and probably bori...Alexandra - get ready for a long and probably boring comment. <br /><br />my mother is an excommunicated Jehovah's Witness, my father was an atheist, i was baptized by my parents into the Salvation Army in order for them to be able to lie about my birthdate and therefore get me into school early. i attended a very strict Catholic school from grade primary to the middle of grade three. i still have my catechism scribblers with fat Jesus' wearing bright red. i then went to public school while still attending Salvation Army Sunday School and Junior, and Senior Soldiers.<br /><br />i have been searching for God and for the truth for my whole life. of course this meant learning of the Torah, the Q'uran, Qabbalah, Sufism, Shamanism, etc. and science.<br /><br />nothing ever felt stronger than the spiritual connection that i have with God that is inside of me and cannot be explained. if saying out loud that you have a spiritual connection to God is blasphemous, then call me a heretic. but no one religion seemed to be right, nor the truth, so i don't ascribe to any particular faith. including science.<br /><br />science was always empty to me. until Dr. Collins and a few others like him, came along. i still don't think that "science" has a proper emotional understanding of gravity, the way that our ancient ancestors fully understood it. but i believe that it is trying. <br /><br />i don't even know what i am trying to tell you here. except that i think that some scientists are figuring out that there is way more to science than we currently believe. and i am hearing of more and more atheist scientists discovering God in the design of everything from ants to CME's. i think this is a good thing for all of us still down here on earth.<br /><br />from everything you have shared about Daniel, maybe this is something he already knows.<br /><br />your friend, kymberkymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.com