BEFORE RELIGION: There was Natures LAWS OF SCIENCE
Each of the major religions, approach man's encounter with reality. Making sense of the challenges and conditions before humanity attracts one to scripture. Regardless of man's account for creation of the universe, we know for sure that the creator done the building before religion had a name. In the beginning it was dark...in time there was motion....then in time there was earth. By the time human beings were created, there was the natural laws of gravity to keep man from floating away in space. Since there was the spinning Earth, there was the natural laws of electromagnetism. Man needed food so needed a source for vegetation, thus part of creation was the production of the Sun and other stars. From the Suns radiant energy man could eat. Thus the laws of thermodynamics was before religion. Then the science of Botany was before Religion. Though, Most of God's creation was good....not everthing was good. In God's Creation of Man, there was the Black man Cain who had a brother Able. Cain slew his own brother due to jelousy and envy. The first major crime....an indication that man would need help to stay truthful and righteous. God found man wanting to worship and give praise. Thus, we have Islam(Quran), Buddhism( LanKavatara), Hinduism (Ashtavakra), Judaism(Torah) and Christianity(Bible). Until organized religion, man pretty much worshipped anything exotic from the Sun, Stars, beetles, snakes, leopards, lions, tigers, water and much more. There was the God of Beauty, God of War, God of Love, God of Fire...and on and on.
When man studies the sciences, he is studying God's tools. We turn to religion to learn of the signs of the times....earthquakes, floods, rumors of war, s*xual perversion, murder, diseases, strange weather.....Religion points to the last days of Judgement...But was does the laws of science project: Bumble Bee dying or leaving the hives(effecting fruits and vegetables), Beef contamination, global warming, Tsunami, hurricanes, toronado and disease buildup....An indication that natures tools are acting against man who has altered balances of living species from acting in harmony. This points to a major change approaching and why Black Americans must certainly look to religion but also look to nature's signs for guidance.
When man studies the sciences, he is studying God's tools. We turn to religion to learn of the signs of the times....earthquakes, floods, rumors of war, s*xual perversion, murder, diseases, strange weather.....Religion points to the last days of Judgement...But was does the laws of science project: Bumble Bee dying or leaving the hives(effecting fruits and vegetables), Beef contamination, global warming, Tsunami, hurricanes, toronado and disease buildup....An indication that natures tools are acting against man who has altered balances of living species from acting in harmony. This points to a major change approaching and why Black Americans must certainly look to religion but also look to nature's signs for guidance.
It is so amazing how light energy from the Sun travels, learning it for the first time, it has all the ingrediants of revelation. Then God would have these light energy packets (photons) effect plants in a process known as photosynthesis where, some bacteria, and some protistans use the energy from sunlight to produce sugar, which cellular respiration converts into ATP, the "fuel" used by all living things. Usable chemical energy, is associated with the actions of the green pigment chlorophyll. Out of God's mercy, the photosynthetic process uses water and releases the oxygen that we absolutely must have to stay alive. And to think that this was going on before Religion. Yes, Clark, it was like revelation to me as well. Obviously, God was not just setting around looking at Man but was building a perpetual system for sustaining life. Religion came when man needed something to worship and keep him on a righteous path, to have love for his brother and honor his parents. Look how far, we have deviated from caring for our earth and loving our brother.