"What with Stephen Hawking’s show 'Curiosity' on full display, I too would like to express my curiosity about something in the Universe. And that something, is 'order.' We are told by scientists that the universe seems to have exploded into being almost 14 billion years ago. . . .
"But explosions do not usually lead to order, they more usually lead to chaos and disorder. Yet, as we observe the created world, we observe extensive order, galaxies, planetary systems, and the like. And, here on earth there is on display an extensive and exquisite amount of order all the way from the macro world of geophysical forces and weather, to micro world of the cell and atom. Order is evident everywhere, and not just within isolated systems, but also among and between them, as they act together in a marvelous harmony and unity of purpose. Consider how every cell and atom of your body, ordered systems in themselves, act together in harmony, forming ever more complex and ordered systems, to ultimately be the complex and ordered system that is you."
In a recent commentary, Monsignor Charles Pope (pastor of Holy Comforter-Saint Cyprian Parish, Washington, DC) reflected on the existence order in the universe.
To access Msgr. Pope's complete post, please visit:
Msgr. Charles Pope: Dumb Luck or Design? A Meditation on the Existence of Order (11 AUG 11)
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