Faith That Makes Sense

When you look around, you see nature. It spans from your horizon to the end of the universe. We are not sure we have seen the end of the universe yet. Thus we all agree that nature is a reality that we all can behold. For an inquisitive mind, the questions do not end there. How did nature come into existence? Was it always like this? Will it always be like this? Obviously, we can come to three different conclusions about this. One, as Carl Sagan declared, 'universe is all there is.' Many people believe that the universe existed like this forever and it is the ultimate reality. Many others believe that this universe had a beginning and it will have an end. The Big Bang Theory, which is very popular today, shows us this. It leads to another question though- what will happen after that? Everyone who believes that this universe had a beginning has to ask a question: What caused that beginning? How did it take place? The Big Bang Theory is viewed by different groups differently....

            It was at the end of the 20 th century that a huge influx of articles and books attacking Christianity started to emerge. The presence of the internet gave them unprecedented publicity globally. I used to wonder what is behind this push to replace Christianity with something else in the west. Then I began to hear the ‘Age of Aquarius’ is here. When I searched it out, it all began to make sense.             According to the Zodiac calendar of astrology, as our entire solar system revolves around the galactic center of the Milky Way, it takes about 26000 years for the earth to go through all the twelve zodiac signs.  It is said that it takes 2100 years for the earth to pass through one zodiac sign. When the earth enters a new zodiac sign, one age ends and a new age begins. Many who follow the astrological calendar saw a New Age coming in the 21 st century. (Thus the name New Age ...