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Colossians 1:16-17 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for
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him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

In grade school you learned about protons, electrons, and
neutrons, the particles in an atom. You learned that electrons are
negatively charged particles, protons are positively charged, and
neutrons are neutral in charge. The nucleus of the atom consists
of protons and neutrons all bundled together into a ball. Electrons
spin about the nucleus at tremendous speeds in shells or levels,
much like a satellite circles the earth.

One of the fun things we used to play with was magnets. A magnet has one end that is positively
charged and one end that is negatively charged. The earth is one big magnet. One thing we observed is
that if you try to put the positive ends together of two magnets, you cannot get them to stick together.
In fact, they repel one another. We learned that with magnetic forces, like charges repel and opposite
charges attract one another. This is called the Law of Magnetism.

Let’s go back to the atom. Bundled in the nucleus, depending on the element,
are several protons all stuck together in a ball. But they should not be able to
do that. They should repel each other and fly away. Outside the atom, the
electrons spin around the nucleus, but should never be able to be stable as they
repel one another. Every atom defies the law of magnetism.

Our verse above tells us how every atom in the universe is held together. The hand of God holds them
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together. Scientists tell us there are 10 to 10 atoms in the known, observable universe. In layman's
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terms, that works out to between ten quadrillion vigintillion and one-hundred thousand quadrillion
vigintillion atoms. We have an amazing God!

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Everyone has presuppositions. Everyone is biased. No one is objective!

Every person, no matter how objective they claim to be, has presuppositions
or beliefs that influence how he views things. A presupposition is an opinion
assumed in advance and established in the mind of every person about what
he feels is true. We cannot reason without prior information established in
our minds. Quite often, we base our observations on what we presume to
know is already true, whether it is or not. One thing God put into man is the
ability to reason and seek for truth. And the Law of Contradictions states that
when we make one statement that we believe is true, we cannot accept an opposite statement and
accept it as true. If A = B, then B must equal A. If B does not equal A, then we have a contradiction and
we must question one statement or the other. Most people will question a new statement rather than
one already established in their mind.

There are also presuppositions that are nothing but prejudices. What we learn as we grow and develop
makes us believe that certain assumptions are ``facts of nature'' but they are actually in conflict with
reality. A very common example is the assumption that certain types of people are inferior to us

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