Brian D. Hawkins : What Do You Know About God?

Posted by Brian Hawkins in April 4th, 2009

One week before Easter I find myself reflecting on what I consider traditional religion. My mother taught us to never discuss politics and religion. This advice was before the existence of blogs and before she knew how opinionated I would become. So, against the advise of my Mother and my better judgment here I go…

I am not an expert of any religion yet I have very strong opinions on the subject. I do not go to Church, at least not normally. I will go to Church next week on Easter Sunday to please my wife. I will go and worship God in my own way among other friendly people that no doubt feel much differently than I.

Whether you practice Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism or another religion altogether I respect your belief. I even respect the irreligious and atheist’s rights to their beliefs. The key word is belief. I have no problem with one’s beliefs, it’s when our arrogance takes over and we begin to believe we have the answers that gets my blood pressure up.

My personal beliefs are very simple. Life is far too perfect to be an accident. No one is ever going to convince me the we are the product of amino acids and lightning strikes millions of years ago. With that said, no one is going to convince me that we are the only planet with abundant and intelligent life on it. How do I know? I don’t! That’s the point. No one knows what’s true, we simply have our beliefs. The next time some one walks up to me and asks me if I’ve heard the truth or the good news I have this post to direct them to.

Simply put, we are a small planet in a very small solar system. Our solar system is among billions of stars to make up our galaxy. Our galaxy is just a dot in the universe among countless billions of other galaxies. Certainly one capable of creating such a place is beyond our comprehension. I am content to believe there is a God and I can not begin to comprehend what that is or what it means. Why is that so hard for so many to accept?

To understand just how small we are I highly recommend this video:
Journey to the Edge of the Universe

Here are a couple more related videos:
The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken
The God Theory

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Hussein Said in February 8th, 2009 @4:22 am

Great. I’ve learned something new from you. I’ve been using Gmail for a couple of years I think but it is only now I’ve noticed the used of filters. Thanks for the link love. Will surely share it to my followers

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Brian Hawkins Said in February 8th, 2009 @7:42 am

It was my pleasure Hussein, glad to do it.

Dennis Edell Said in February 10th, 2009 @1:28 pm

Thanks man, if my gmail glitches ever unglitch this may be useful.

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Brian Hawkins Said in February 10th, 2009 @1:51 pm

Hi Dennis, No problem. Just getting in a little Camtasia practice.

Sheryl Loch Said in February 11th, 2009 @7:45 pm

Hey Brian,
I am not sure how people get by without setting filters & folders. I do have everything that gets a label also goes in a folder & skips the “IN” box. That way it only takes me 2 seconds if I am looking to see if mail from a certain project has come in. I would be in a real mess with just plain ol’ email.

I see you are going all Camtasia High Tech! That’s great – now when I try it I will know who to ask for help!

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Brian Hawkins Said in February 11th, 2009 @8:34 pm

Hi Sheryl, I love Gmail. I hope it sticks around for a long time without ‘improvement’. Remember ‘New Coke’ LOL

I use an old version of Camtasia but it was free. Let me know if you need a copy. I want to learn more like zooming in and editing the video before I use it. Adding captions would be great. I need a teenager to show my these things

beok@promote my blog Said in February 19th, 2009 @3:58 am

Hey .. thanks for the information I know that Gmail has a lot more options, that I don’t know how to use them .. I look forward for more information about this!
Thanks again..

Beok

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Brian Hawkins Said in February 19th, 2009 @7:09 am

Hi Beok, Glad you liked it. I may do another one soon.

James Moralde Said in October 29th, 2009 @3:45 am

Hey Brian, if by chance you have free time and you still have that old free Camtasia app, I would definitely want a copy, if you don’t mind of course. You know my email address.

I have begun being interested in making video posts. I guess, I’m beginning to enter the phase where writing pure text posts is becoming less exciting and besides I plan to spruce up my blog content a bit with videos every now and then.
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Brian Hawkins Said in October 29th, 2009 @6:31 am

Check your email James

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