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LETTER TO THE CATHOLIC BISHOP OF BATHURST

In approximately 1969 I sent a paper to Bishop Thomas of Bathurst entitled "God is a Scientist". The basis of the paper was the conclusion that, since God made the Universe, then the things we are finding out in science are the design programs that God set to make the Universe. That is, science is God in action. Also, the information in both the Old and New Testaments is God's revelation of these programs long before we humans had any possibility of finding them out for ourselves. In Bishop Thomas's reply he suggested that I look into adult education, which was the diocesan project for that year. I followed his advice and after having completed a B.A. (Hons) in anthropology and majoring in psychology and educational psychology (1984); an M.A. (Hons) in educational psychology (1989) both degrees taken at Sydney University; a Certificate of Theology (March 1992) at the Catholic Institute of Sydney St Patrick's Manly and private study in Cosmology and Quantum Physics, I thought it time to send to you, Bishop Thomas's successor, the results of my study. These show that there is no conflict between the Judaeo-Christian religion and science, in fact science supports the information in the Old and New Testaments and supplies reasons why it was revealed to us.

Science tells us that human beings are all born as animals. The Judaeo-Christian religion tells us that because of our inherited disposition to behave as animals we cannot be allowed into eternal life. This and only this religion is God's revelation of what each of us must learn if we wish to be allowed into the heaven of everlasting life.

Scientific information also supports the pronouncements of the Popes on faith and morals particularly those of John Paul 2nd such as contraception and abortion, celibacy of clergy, ordination of women, remarriage after divorce, euthanasia, retention of liturgical norms and acceptance of the Pope's authoritative statements on beliefs and morals. This scientific explanation of religion would reunite Christian sects and show the errors in the views of non-Christian religions.

Parents bring up their children to understand and conform to the rules of their society. If they live in a non-religious society then, at the age of reason they must try and teach separate rules imposed by their religion. Often the religious rules oppose the social rules thus the child or teenager must make a choice that they don't understand: - to obey their peer group amongst whom they must live all the time or to obey the priest who they only see on occasion and obey their parents who often cannot give a very lucid reason for the mixture of social rules and religious rules that they are laying down.

This paper gives a clear account of how the religious rules are related to the social rules. It also shows that ignoring the religious rules does great damage to you and may damage others also. It also gives the reasons for the conflict between religious rules and social rules and shows how to sort out the best course to follow. It also allows the person him or herself to make a judgment of whether or not the rules are of a grave nature or just an idea that someone has magnified out of all proportion (eg. the no blood transfusion rule of 7th Day Adventists). Finally it shows that God does not punish people, they punish themselves when they finally find out that they have made themselves unfit to live forever because they still cling to conflict producing animal behaviors.

This paper gives some answers to the questions of "What is the secret of the Universe" and "What is the meaning of life". These questions have often been spoken of in jest or in ridicule but the fact is that our knowledge of Quantum Physics, Cosmology and of Biology has progressed to the stage where Science, when combined with the information contained in Religious Revelation, can give us logical answers to these questions.

The question of "what is the secret of the Universe" includes such subjects as where the Universe came from and what keeps it functioning. The general information on cosmology and the Big Bang Theory Will give answers to how the Universe developed and Quantum Physics gives us a view on what keeps it going. As for the meaning of life, various religions say that there are other places, which we cannot see, but in which other beings live and these beings can influence our lives on this earth. Quantum Physics and Cosmology can now tell us that there are other universes available and at least one of them is intimately connected with ours, but we must still rely on Religious Revelation for the information that there are beings living in them and that we will live in one of them when we die.