{"id":65817,"date":"2018-09-29T14:20:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T20:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=65817"},"modified":"2018-09-29T16:52:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-29T22:52:42","slug":"a-few-notes-on-transiting-and-transitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2018\/09\/a-few-notes-on-transiting-and-transitions.html","title":{"rendered":"A few notes on transiting and transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Mars,<\/a>
This artist\u2019s impression (from the European Southern Observatory) shows how Mars may have looked about four billion years ago. The young planet Mars would have had enough water to cover its entire surface in a liquid layer about 140 metres deep, but it is more likely that the liquid would have pooled to form an ocean occupying almost half of Mars\u2019s northern hemisphere, and in some regions reaching depths greater than 1.6 kilometers. \u00a0(Public domain image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Something that I\u2019ve extracted from P.M.H. Atwater,\u00a0The Big Book of Near-Death Experiences: The Ultimate Guide to What Happens When We Die<\/em>\u00a0(Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2007):<\/p>\n

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Some experiencers mention traveling through a tunnel as part of their near-death scenario. \u00a0Some refer to this tunnel as long and dark and that they were alone in it throughout the journey. \u00a0Others say that there were bright lights that flashed along its walls, or that it was colored or even transparent, and that other people were there. \u00a0Almost everyone states that they swooshed through its length at great speed. \u00a0Some said they heard and felt the sensation of wind rushing by them. \u00a0Just as many people say the tunnel went up as down, or straightway.<\/span><\/p>\n

In most cases, a light appears at the end of the tunnel, and experiencers note that is where they are headed \u2014 a light described as brighter than the sun but that doesn\u2019t hurt their eyes if they look at it. \u00a0This light is invariably experienced as loving, intelligent, accepting, forgiving, and ever so wonderful.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ishtan Natarajan of Charlottesville, Virginia, recalls that one day, when he was just a youngster, he started to sit down when something happened to him. \u00a0He has no memory of exactly what, except the aching sensation that he may have been attacked. \u00a0Since his earliest years were filled with beatings and abuse, his suspicions may be right. \u00a0About four hours later, when he regain consciousness, his mind filled with the awareness of a wonderful tunnel he had just been in. \u00a0He began to paint that tunnel and continued to do so throughout his childhood and into his adult years. \u00a0He often retreated there when young, as it became a place of safety and love. \u00a0Still today, he regards the tunnel with deep affection. (12-13)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Image taken from page 13 of P.M.H. Atwater\u2019s book<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I offer links to a few interesting articles on current science. \u00a0Here, for example, is a piece suggesting that we have already been subjected to an alien invasion from the planet Mars:<\/p>\n

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\u201cPieces Of Mars Have Landed On Earth\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s an article by means of which I plainly hope to continue my fanatical, fundamentalist attack on science. \u00a0Yet I do it with my characteristic stupidity and lack of understanding, since, if\u00a0Graham Budd and Richard Mann are right, the great \u201cCambrian Explosion\u201d of about 550 million years ago is less in need of explanation than many (including many Intelligent-Design advocates) have thought:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWell established theories on patterns in evolution might be wrong\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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This next item is difficult for a young-earth creationist such as I am \u2014 I\u2019ve been identified as such, despite my denials, by a number of anonymous online critics, and who am I to doubt them? \u2014 to explain:<\/p>\n

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\u201cA Giant Dinosaur from the Earliest Jurassic of South Africa and the Transition to Quadrupedality in Early Sauropodomorphs\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a piece that suggests the birth of a whole new discipline, \u201cspace archaeology\u201d:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow to Search for Dead Cosmic Civilizations:\u00a0If they\u2019re short-lived, we might be able to detect the relics and artifacts they left behind\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Posted from Park City, Utah<\/p>\n

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