Quantum Theology2
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QUANTUM THEOLOGY : M. M. NINAN<br />
However during the church age, we tend to ignore this reality.<br />
The best way to check the state of your church is to measure the<br />
honesty and goodness of its members and compare it<br />
statistically with the general population. Is it significantly higher?<br />
If not it is time to rebuild the church on better footing. It is time for<br />
a revival. One sad tendency of the evangelical Christians is to<br />
play down the "good works", as though they do not matter. This<br />
was a necessary reaction to replacing "good works" instead of<br />
faith. But we are keeping it beyond the necessary level to the<br />
detriment of the basic tenet.<br />
Jam 2:18 But some one will say, "You have faith and I have<br />
works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my<br />
works will show you my faith.<br />
The world was grappling with the various results and equation of<br />
Lorenz, Fitzgerard and Poincare before it could be explained<br />
naturally by the formulation of Relativity. The black body<br />
radiation behavior and the photoelectric effect led to the quantum<br />
theory. This is the normal process of growth. We always go back<br />
from observed facts to the reality behind the facts. If we try the<br />
other way round it may or may not be correct. This we have seen<br />
from the Platonic style of theology starting from the attributes of<br />
God. They don’t tally with actual reality or with all revelations of<br />
God without tampering. The monism of Origen condemned by<br />
the council of Constantinople was also due to such an approach.<br />
A strict monistic definition of God certainly required a created<br />
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