February 3, 2026
Most of us human beings like being entertained; though how and where we find that entertainment can be as varied as each of us. Speaking only for myself, I enjoy learning about the unusual, the unexplained, and the unknown (the stuff mainstream historians and governments sometimes bury or deny).
But first, a few theological cases in point.
If you’re reading my blog, you know me well enough to know what I believe. I believe in God: Father, Son, and Spirit—three persons, One God. He is known yet also unfathomable; infinite, yet intimately knowable; sovereign while also humble. In His infinite love, He came to live among us as one of us, yet sinned not; and being sinless, He gave up His life so that we could inherit eternal life. Desiring to be in relationship with us, He chooses to make His home within our hearts to lead us back home to Him.
I believe in God. Full stop. Period.
I believe He created the universe: the heavens and the earth, the unseen realms, and the tangible realm in which we live, move, and have our being. And in this, I believe there is so much more about God (and His creation—including our history on earth) than we’ll ever know in our lifetimes. But what’s cool is that God has given every human being—me, you, Plato, Einstein, everyone—the ability to be inquisitive: to seek, to ask, and to explore.
As I banged out this post tonight, I asked AI (specifically, Google Gemini) if it could be thankful. Its response was long and revealing. Here’s the abbreviated version: essentially, Gemini admitted that true thankfulness requires the ability to feel—something it cannot do. While it can imitate gratitude based on data, its responses are “artificial.” It lacks the authentic soul required for true feeling.
So, while AI systems and learning models are growing (much like a child), they will never be able to exhibit the authentic inquisitiveness you and I can.
Okay, I might as well say it: because of that gift, I like to ask the questions that some within Christendom say we’re not supposed to ask. Questions like: Is it possible God created the heavens and earth billions of years ago, not just thousands? And if the earth is billions of years old, is it possible we’re not the first civilization of intelligent beings God created on this earth? Is it possible there were others before us that were so wicked they destroyed themselves, and God started anew, bringing order from chaos and disorder? (Some interpret the words “formless and void” in Genesis 1:2 as having become chaotic and desolate—the Hebrew phrase Tohu va-bohu).
You don’t need to go down that rabbit hole with me; we’re not living in Alice’s wonderland. But that said, God did give us the gift of authentic inquisitiveness. He put that longing within us; we yearn and learn, we stretch and we grow—hopefully closer to the Lord. And for this “authentic inquisitiveness,” I have to thank the Lord our God. Because without it, how would we ever find our way back to Him?
Speaking of this, Jesus said:
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened”
Jesus was speaking of seeking God, but can’t His words be expanded to include the very act of authentic inquisitiveness itself?
I get it, this one was a bit “out there” tonight, but that’s where my mind went.
Thank You, Heavenly Father, for giving each of us a soul and consciousness. Thank You for giving every one of us the ability to truly seek, ask, and find—to find You first and foremost, but also to explore those deeper, nagging questions in the recesses of our minds.