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Explanation. Meaning. versus. Why?. Why did this little girl die?. 1. Child stepped onto Rte 22. 2. Truck 450 feet away. 3. Speed 61 mph GVW 38,000 lbs. 4. Rain soaked pavement = Poor traction. 5. Driver’s reaction time = 1.75 sec. 6. Effective stopping distance 700 feet.
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Explanation Meaning versus
Why? Why did this little girl die?
1. Child stepped onto Rte 22. 2. Truck 450 feet away. 3. Speed 61 mph GVW 38,000 lbs. 4. Rain soaked pavement =Poor traction. 5. Driver’s reaction time = 1.75 sec. 6. Effective stopping distance 700 feet 7. Force at impact = 1200 pounds psi
Coroner’s Report Cause of death: Massive trauma to spinal cord
“Explanation” 1. Cause and effect 2. Evidence - data 3. Stays on the surface - Latin “planus” = flat 4. Answers “How?”
The time-space box t. s. b.
The tremendous successes of science and technology in the 18th century led some scientists and philosophers to think that everything is explainable in terms of science.
They said that anything that is not detectable and measurable by science -- anything outside time & space -- is “nonsense,” it doesn’t exist.
The only things that really exist are inside the “time-space box” X God X Heaven t. s. b. X X Soul Angels Everything else, they would say, is nonsense, make-believe.
DEFINITION “The TSB is a way of seeing the world as made up only of things we can experience with our senses. It does not allow for the existence of anything outside time and space.”
But... all around us in our experiences in our hearts, there are are unsettling hints
unsettling hints outside the box! of other things going on...
a beautiful sunset falling in love a mother’s love for her baby
These and thousands of other phenomena are telling us that There’s more!
“Meaning” 1. Beneath the “surface” 2. Intuition - not logic 3. Mystery 4. Deals with the deepest “Why”
“Meaning” appearances Beneath “surface”
“Meaning” Lies outside the T.S.B. Love God Soul Heaven