John Cage, a contemporary American composer, believes that the universe is impersonal by nature and that it originated only through pure chance. In an attempt to live consistently with this personal philosophy, Cage composes all of his music by various means of chance. He uses, among other things, the tossing of coins and the rolling of dice to make sure that no personal element enters into the final product. The result is music that has no form, no structure and, for the most part, no appeal. Though Cage\u2019s professional life accurately reflects his belief in a universe that has no order, his personal life does not, for his favorite pastime is mycology, the collecting of mushrooms, and because of the potentially lethal results of picking a wrong mushroom, he cannot approach it on a purely by-chance basis. Concerning that, he states: \u201cI became aware that if I approached mushrooms in the spirit of my chance operations, I would die shortly.\u201d John Cage \u201cbelieves\u201d one thing, but practices another. In doing so, he is an example of the man described in Romans 1:18 who \u201csuppresses the truth of God,\u201d for when faced with the certainty of order in the universe, he still clings to his own novel theory. (Cited by Francis Schaeffer, The God Who Is There<\/i> [Downers Grove, Ill: Inter-Varsity, 1968], pp. 72\u201374.)1442<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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