Many Do Not Recognize They Are IN A Paradigm Rut:

March: Light exists as waves and particles . April: Molecules can be measured. May: All matter is .composed of atoms . June: Time and space are not constant. . September: Matter can be converted into energy, E = mc2.

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iris89 said:

Many Do Not Recognize They Are IN A Paradigm Rut:

Let's look at paradigm ruts and how one scientist burst out of it and made some of the greatest math contributions of all times and then look at some Bible truths.

One hundred years ago, Albert Einstein was in the midst of an extraordinary run of paradigm-busting theories. In six months, he published five that would change dramatically what we thought we knew about the universe. Einstein's accomplishments were reviewed recently by Ronald Kotulak, science writer for the Chicago Tribune, in a special feature. In it, he recounted Einstein's papers of 1905: .
It was an amazing leap of thought beyond the Newtonian paradigm. How did he do it? According to a quote from Kotulak's article, Einstein said: "I keep asking qllestions that only children ask. They learn how to stop asking them in their schooling. I continue to ask them." Also, he was not bound by the existing paradigms of the famous physicists of the time. He was a nobody, a patent clerk, and had nothing to lose by thinking freely. He had no reputation to protect. We have touched on similar themes from time to time in this column, noting that paradigm busters typically arrive at solutions by asking simple, basic questions and they are often successful because they are new to the job and do not have the baggage of the existing paradigm.

Now let's consider the case of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ the beloved only begotten Son of God and how he is actually subordinate to his Father (YHWH) and not equal to him and/or him as so many believe due to being stuck in a paradigm rut of creedal beliefs instead of Bible truths. At Matthew 28:18 the scripture testifies to the fact that his Father (YHWH) gave all authority to him, "And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." (Revised Standard Version; RSV) and this in keeping with 1 Corinthians 11:3, "But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God." (RSV). Of course this was authority over all except his Father, Almighty God (YHWH) per 1 Corinthians 15:27, ""For God has put all things in subjection under his feet." But when it says, "All things are put in subjection under him," it is plain that he is excepted who put all things under him." (RSV); and 1 Timothy 2:5, "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus," (RSV)

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Your Friend in Christ Iris89

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michel said:

Apart from making us aware that einstein was a paradigm-busting scientist who looked at things from an uncomplicated viewpoint, I am not too sure how you are referencing that to the religious text that you quote. What exactly are you asking?

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Paradigm Shifts Necessary For True Christians
Paradigm shifts are necessary for any individual and/or group who wishes to advance and most of all take advantage of new learning; however, most groups and/or organizations cling to outdated and usually wrong paradigms and throw up a wall to any incoming data that does NOT AGREE with their particular paradigm. Now many may ask what is a paradigm shift and that is defined as is a change from one way of thinking to another. It's a revolution, a transformation, a sort of metamorphosis. It just does not happen, but rather it is driven by agents of change. As in 1962, Thomas Kuhn wrote “The Structure of Scientific Revolution”, and fathered, defined and popularized the concept of "paradigm shift" (p.10). Kuhn argues that scientific advancement is not evolutionary, but rather is a "series of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions", and in those revolutions "one conceptual world view is replaced by another. [source - Kuhn, Thomas, S., "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", Second Edition, Enlarged, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1970(1962)].

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