{{2010_02_08_t1.jpg}} {{2010_02_08_t2.jpg}} {{2010_02_08_t3.jpg}} [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/de/doku.php/jn_de_2010_02_08|Deutsche Version]] [[Start|| Wiki Start]] [[topics_collection_ii|| Topics Collection ii ]] ======Nature I - A fascinating environment ...====== Monday, Feb 8, 2010. We are a part of nature. We are surrounded by plants and animals. We breathe the air which is like a thin layer around our globe. We consist out of water, bones, flesh, blood ... Nature is around us and in us. We live in a fascinating environment. Ever since humans have tried to explore nature. We have started explorations to far away countries, found new continents, have surrounded our planet and have managed to travel into the space around the earth. We are curious beings, we want to know, we want to explore, we want to influence and to use things which are there. {{2010_02_08.jpg }} Natural laws describe the reliability of nature. We do not live in a completely chaotic world. On the contrary, many things are reliable. We can explore the laws which govern the events. We know that the sun is rising in the morning and going down in the evening. We see rain coming down, a river swelling, soil becoming wet and then plants growing. We have made our observations more systematic over the centuries - and natural science has evolved. Today, we have subdivided the objects of our observations into different regimes. Physics looks into the lifeless nature, chemistry into processes changing substances, biology into the area of life and life processes, medicine into the anatomy and functionality of the human body. Natural science is a wide a extremely fascinating area, since it explores the world we live in. It is important for us to know and to control and influence the world around us. And we have been extremely successful with it. Over the next days we want to explore the biblical view into our behavior. The world as we explore it is God's creation. We need to talk about the relation of God to this creation, about the natural laws, about reliability, about faith and God's work within creation. There are many exciting questions to be asked. [R.W.E.P., jesusnetwork.eu] {{ 2010_02_08_2.jpg}} [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/en/doku.php/topics_collection_ii|... more texts]]