Friday, June 29, 2012

"He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit."-- Psalm 147:4-5

The human race is accelerating in technological advancements at hyperspeed and it will not be long before artificial intelligence overtakes human intelligence.  Sounds crazy, but that's the trajectory we're on, and unless there is divine intervention or the Second Coming, we could see this in a generation or so.  But even when smarts grow beyond the capacity of our mere mortal minds, how can we ever come close to knowing what God knows?  God knows everything there is to know.  Might we one day count the stars?  Sure.  Will we determine the number of stars?  Quite unlikely.  We will get better and better at discovering and understanding God's creation, but it will remain discovery of that which already is.  We did not make this existence.  We only experience it.  Let's remain humble humans.

Readings:  2 Kings 15:1-16:20; Acts 19:13-41; Psalm 147:1-20; Proverbs 18:4-5