About the Book
You have been taught, by most of society, that Science has proven that there can be no God. That is nonsense - this is just a belief, even a Dogma of Science, but it is not possible to use Science to discuss the presence of a God. That sort of thing was assumed out when Traditional Science was born almost four centuries ago, and for good reason. There was way too much to do in the study of mass and Energy - besides no one knew how to measure a thought, an emotion, a belief, etc., way back then. Although we now know how to measure brain changes when we experience such things, we still do not know how to actually measure any of these 'pure information' processes as such. If you are going to do something well, you must first establish a sound foundation. Listing all of your explicit (openly stated) assumptions and also finding out your implicit (implied, but not yet openly stated) assumptions is critical. Study of the history of Science shows that this has not yet been done well. Some really important work is needed here. So far much of Science has been built upon shifting sand. Ever since the great discoveries of the early 1900s, where it became obvious that emotional thoughts could really influence the state of waves and particles, then the reality of probability at the foundation of matter, changes should have been made in how we taught ourselves about Science. When Einstein showed us that mass and energy were just two states of the same thing, more changes in teaching about the founding assumptions of interactions was needed. When he then showed us (proven by others) that gravity distorted space, even more interactions came to light. In just about every field of Science, new interactions are showing up all of the time. The supposed of leaders of scientific societies have responded by making the impossibility of some interactions a definite Dogma that cannot be discussed, let alone questioned. The study of Philosophy, within which the spirituality of Religions is found, has been seriously damaged by most experts who try to use the logical processes of Science in a field that is all about non-logical processes. Logic can only be a minor tool here, when you start studying thoughts, emotions, out-of-body experiences, belief processes and effects, etc. In the Far East, some gurus and avatars are doing totally non-logical things, but that is not being properly studied by many scientists; because these things are non-logical and cannot be true - therefore cannot be studied. This latter choice is certainly anti-Science, but is pervasive in many fields worthy of study. If it is supposedly not true, than that should be shown to be a newly-defined reality. Only when Theology, as well as Philosophy as a whole, start to use non-logical approaches to study the field of non-logical processes will we see huge strides in this area. You are a spiritual being having a human experience. This human journey will bring you lessons to be learned as you grow in understanding; as well as required action, in your destined quest towards your Divine Creator (who we call God, Allah, Jehovah, etc.). Humans seem to have a very powerful need to understand both Who we are and Why we are here; although that has largely been trained out of us, even on our parent's knee. In the end, however, you will have to find out and follow your path to The Way that will help you grow spiritually. In the end, Destiny will win out! This small book is meant to stir up the interest of you readers who are starting to wonder about these critical 'Who we are' and 'Why we are here' questions. It is written by a student, for other students. We humans are evolving from the thinking but fearful Homo sapiens species into the loving Homo spiritus species. Learning how to truly Love demands an answer to these great questions. The time to start on your journey is NOW!
About the Author: Jesuis Laplume is the nom de plume of Jim H. White, when I write on the coming together of Science and the spirituality of Religions. I was trained as a scientist in an Engineering faculty and spent forty years helping to move new Science into practice, sometimes adding bits to that Science where it was needed. I usually took a physical System Science role during that process, working with experts in the details, but assuming the role of the one who looked at the bigger picture; and tried to find the best questions to ask. I found, with few exceptions, that few present experts liked to be told that the Science had changed enough that they were going to have to change their ways. Sometimes their responses were vitriolic in nature. I worked in eight different fields of Science and Engineering and met many of the best in their fields. These were uniformly humble and had a wry sense of humor. They learned, with each success, that there was a great deal more to be learned; but could live with that. After I retired, I started studying spiritual matters, focusing on the spirituality of Religions. He joined a local group, still in operation more than 17 years later, called The Forum on Faith and Science and studied many more of the books, videos and other communications from the authors studied. This has been a long-standing habit of mine. After a string of five heart attacks, over a short span of 3 1/2 years, plus the second of two out-of-body experiences, I took my skeptical attitude up a notch or two and have learned a fair bit about what we do not know, in both Science and spirituality. I studied the Ancient Greeks who suggested that Science and Philosophy (spirituality being in that camp) are best seen as two sides of the one coin of all knowledge. I also saw that their warning, that Philosophy could not be done using the traditional tools of Science, was a legitimate one. While I am a great fan of Science, I can see that it has many limitations. No tool should be used outside of its range of usefulness and Science-based tools cannot normally be used in Philosophy. Quite a number of the books that the Forum studied were by those in Science, or Philosophy, who were using tools where they were not effective for the chores at hand. This is never a good situation.
