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graduate work in new testament, knowledge of hebrew, greek, latin; interest in buddhism, also cross-cultural communications. not high pressure. but not agnostic either.

 
   

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Topic: Comparative Religious Studies



Expert: John Mason
Date: 6/26/2008
Subject: Research review request--religion and science based

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Greetings, My name is Larry Thomas and I am currently writing to you from Wiesbaden , Germany . I am currently looking for someone within the religious, the media and the academic community to review several works that I have put together in order to confirm any hypothesis in the work.

The total work itself is a combination of several fields such as, Neurology, Cosmology, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Engineering, Astronomy, Religion, History, etc… just to name a few in advance. I only ask those who are willing to review this work so that if any are kind enough to offer feedback to some of the theories contained within it then, it would be appreciated.

The written work is posted on a free website which has its annoying adds, so pop-up blockers should be set at max on your web-browser to avoid them. The address of the material is posted at www.ascensionq.20fr.com or it can be Googled under the title “Ascension Q”.

Each page has its own hyperlinked words which link to “Wikipedia” and hopefully in the future to the new “Citizendium”. Most information is correct and these links can be used to cross-check what I wrote about that subject when I used that specific word for any explanation or analogy.

The graphics used in most of the diagrams represent actual things and representations in computer model form. Several computer models are present in the site itself which are already in publication in science books today. Each diagram is accompanied by a descriptive paragraph which explains the diagram in more detail other than the story that the diagram presents itself when one studies it in a hieroglyphic way.

The Universe (also a hyperlinked title on the bottom of the homepage) as seen from a distance carries the same “Image” that is presently seen when examining the human neurons in the brain.

A computer model of the Observable Universe shows the galaxies and super-clusters of stars to be strung together in filaments that remarkably favor one another in appearance and design. When placed side by side to one another these patterns look as though they could connect to what is actually the design of the Observable Universe.  

Even though the representations are computer models the actual stained human neurons carry the same “Image”. This would seem to point out a interesting school of thought in regards to “The Big Bang” because it more than likely had a tremendous echo and the effect of it made a universe in the “Image” of neurons and the echo affect trickled down to our brains in a micro and macrocosm way of viewing it.

The Bang itself could be viewed as the birth of an all powerful thought that created the Heavens and the Earth which in turn is a living thought in the mind of God. Our thoughts seem to manifest themselves so in turn the giant filaments looking like neurons in the “Brane” (the mem”branes”in space-time) of the universe manifested itself that being the “Image” of God.

If anyone in the academic or religious community is humble enough to just view the diagrams to see the computer models and to see if there is any truth in the similarities in design are welcome to review them and offer feedback via the contact info posted in the menu on the homepage. All pages are linked to the homepage “Ascension Q” which should be referred to in case one gets lost in the pages.

Thank you for your time


Answer
Hello,
I visited the website but not all of it.
It is not very "user friendly"--it's impossible to see how big it is, how long it would take to see it all. It's hard to tell what is the main page--where is there  a summary of what's being presented? What are the main things being said, what ideas are being conveyed?
The diagrams or charts that I saw do not look too unusual, they are linking similarities of information and structure of scientific, religious, and logical ideas. This kind of comparison usually falls short of a complete demonstration. To be appealing it has to be clear.
So, there should be some pathway between the different diagrams--a navigation in the website that gets you from one part to another and lets you know where you are. Otherwise, it seems incoherent. The diagrams, or diagrams next to each other, without explanation, don't convey much.
I think it doesn't work to refer to Wikipedia except occasionally. The reader of a website can be the judge of what words need explaining. Those that have a special meaning, or are specially important to your presentation, need to be clarified onsite, not by reference to the public Wikipedia. If you don't attach a particular meaning to them, then what is the point of posting them?
With this I have to say that it is difficult to make any comment on the religious or philosophical outlook of the website.
sincerely,
john mason


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