These are questions from a study on Blue Like Jazz (love that book)… and I really want to know what YOU guys think (don’t be shy):

  • What is love? Does love exist? Can love be proven scientifically? Does God
    exist? Can God be proven scientifically?
  • List three things that happen in life that cannot be explained through
    science (my addition: maybe that we can see and feel, but we just can’t explain)? (beauty, love, light…)

And a couple more of my own:

  • Why do we find it so hard to believe that God can do magnificent things in our lives? (think miracles, if you want)  Or if you do believe that He can, what is it that makes it easier or more difficult to sustain that?

Here’s what I think (so far):

#1: The only answer I can think of right now is a quote I’ll have to rip off from (I think) Louis Armstrong: "If you don’t understand, I can’t explain it to you!"  When Paul and I were newly in love and finding out what that felt like and what it meant, I had so many of my friends ask me what it was like, how would I explain it?  And all I could think was that quote from Armstrong.  If you haven’t yet felt it or had a glimpse of it, how do I explain that??  So… how does that translate to describing the unseen in other ways?  Like our faith, the idea of a soul, a spirit, a mind, a body… ???  This is a concept I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, no doubt spurred on a little (or maybe a lot, haha) by reading Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.  There’s so much in there about the different aspects of the human life: body, soul (daemon), ghost, spirit… and now I’m super-mega-hyper curious to know your take on the matter.  And I’m sure I’ll blog as I keep searching to find an "answer"… or at least an explanation.

#2: The obvious: love, faith, beauty… but then I wonder how would I explain that happiness you get when you first learn how to do something? (like riding a bike, finally understanding how to do that crazy hard math problem…).  Or that feeling you get when everything seems right with the world… just that little something happens and you look at everything around you and realize you have all you’ll ever need and that "this" (whatever it is at that moment) is what life is all about, anyway.  I guess that one falls under love maybe?  But you get it…

#3: I’m still working on this one… I’ll think about it and maybe get back to it by tonight. 

 

Well, life is happening and I’ve got to shower and get ready for a wedding shower.   Life update later.