Today Professor
LaTurner presented a few examples to prove Nietzsche's theory that we believe in science before we
believe in God. His first example was a parent of a sick child and do parents call the doctor or pray first? My thoughts drifted to Ammon and the
first thing I did when I heard of his accident. An excerpt from a previous
writing…
This was the memory foremost in my mind
when my cell phone rang. The familiar ring and the picture ID triggered my mind
to believe that Ammon was calling. “Hello Ammon,” I answered. The unfamiliar voice that spoke into my ear
said, “This is not Ammon. This is Matt. I’m with your son at the Flagstaff
Medical Center. He was in a boating accident. The medical team is stabilizing
him for surgery.” I ran through the information in my mind and then replied,
“No, Ammon is at Lake Powell with friends....not in Flagstaff with a medical
team.”
Trying to convince
a mother who was about to lose all track of reality, Matt explained, “Ammon was
in a boating accident. He was run over by a boat and the propeller caught his
lower right leg. He lost a lot of blood and his injury is very serious. The
medical team is preparing him for surgery. They’re going to try and save his
leg.”
With deep concern for my son I asked, “Who
is with him and how did he get to Flagstaff?”
“By helicopter. We life lighted him, ”Matt
said, and then went on to explain that the helicopter was small and there was
only room for the medical personal and the patient. Ammon was alone in a world
he did not know.
I think that at
this point I was speechless. Matt asked me if I had any other questions or
concerns. I explained that we were LDS and wanted to know if it were possible
for Ammon to receive a Priesthood Blessing before he went in for surgery. Matt
replied that he was LDS and could do that. The pilot of the helicopter was also
LDS and he would check with him to see if he could assist. Miracle number one
had just occurred. Ammon was being watched over by angels.
As Professor
LaTurner continues with his examples I am very aware that the first thing I did
when I heard of Ammon’s accident was turn to God. As much as he needed the
surgery, he also needed the constant care of God.
Today I came away
from class recognizing that science cannot exist without God and God cannot
exist without science. Neither can exist without the other. There are many
things in life that come in pairs. Parents for example, every child has two, a
mom and a dad. A child cannot be created without a male and female. One
provides the egg while the other provides the sperm. Without both the embryo
cannot be formed.
Then there is the question, which came
first, God or science? This reminds me of the question, which came first, the
chicken or the egg? Life is a never-ending circle. There is no beginning and
there is no end. This is something Nietzsche did not express in is writing.
I study chakra’s
and the effect they have on the body. The explanation of Nietzsche’s illness
has me concluding that his health issues were caused by the constant war that
raged within him. Issues of the stomach and then later a diagnosis of mental
illness; I can conclude that the sacral, solar plexis, third eye and crown
chakra’s were continually out of balance and the cause of disease beyond
repair.
Nietzsche could not
accept Christ and therefore could not even fathom the existence of the light of
Christ that dwells in every living thing. The chakra’s spin this rainbow of
light throughout the body; keeping us filled with the energy of the love and
light of Jesus Christ. Without this energy our spirits would be very dark and
alone. Nietzsche’s natural humanness fought against his spirit until his life
came to an end. When I die I would like to find Nietzsche and find out what he
thinks now.
