A young boy was waiting after church for his family. The pastor saw him standing around and struck up a conversation. Since the boy had just come from Sunday school, the pastor decided to ask him some questions to determine just how much the children were learning there. He said, \u201cYoung man, if you can tell me something that God can do, I\u2019ll give you a big shiny apple.\u201d Thoughtfully the boy replied, \u201cSir, if you can tell me something God can\u2019t do, I\u2019ll give you a whole box of apples.\u201d585<\/p>\n
\u201cThe greatest single distinguishing feature of the omnipotence of God is that our imagination gets lost when thinking about it\u201d (Pascal, Pensees<\/i>, I, XV).586<\/p>\n
On March 5, 1979, what was called \u201cthe most powerful burst of energy ever recorded\u201d occurred. It was described as follows:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe burst of gamma radiation picked up by the satellites lasted for only one tenth of a second. But in that brief instant it emitted as much energy as the sun does over a period of three thousand years. If the sun had belched out the same amount of energy, the earth would have vaporized instantly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the event, astrophysicist Doyle Evans said, \u201cEvery time we think we understand the physical laws of the universe, nature seems bent on confounding us.\u201d Nature? Or God?587<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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