With God all Things are Possible

“But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

- Matthew 19:26 (NKJV)

I was listening to the PBS Newshour and heard an interview with Rebecca Goldstein the author of Plato at the Googleplex.  In the book Rebecca alternates between exploring the Plato of his times with an imaginary Plato thrust into a contemporary United States who then debates through dialogues with scientists and leaders.   Rebecca remarked that the contemporary America was similar to the Greek society of Plato in that America is now in a post monotheism society.   She said there is a domination of scientific and economic thought in our society.  She stated that the Humanities including philosophy needs to be juxtaposed against all that science tells us, for us to understand ourselves as a whole.

I was educated at a Jesuit University and therefore, theology was part of the curriculum.  My experience is that although the humanities are rich in perspectives of what it is to be human, without an understanding of theology we cannot expand our thoughts beyond what it is to be a physical human being.  That in and of it limits what we can achieve.  The experience of God is a way of proceeding based on a philosophy that there is a greater intelligence that is omniscience and infinite and can achieve what the collective humanity cannot.  When we look to God, we understand that there is a greater power at work, and by being consistent with that power there are no limits.  "With God all things are possible."