There is no inherent power in nature.

Nature's power is dependent upon the primary source of power who is God.

God does not create a universe that functions independently from his moment to moment empowering of it.

I would think it would be a more than safe bet to say that 99% of the people who are alive

in the world and even 99% of Christian people in the world today,

think in terms of the universes operating on the basis of its own power.

The assumption of our modern worldview is somewhat mechanical, namely, that there is such a thing as the laws

of nature. Which laws operate according to inherent power, that is power within objects, forces within this world,

that have built in power, so that if you observe a pool game in progress, and you see the one player step up to the

table with his cue stick in hand, and he then aims the cue stick at the cue ball, and he moves

his arm issuing in a cue stroke, as it were, a billiard stroke, and the tip of the cue stick then hits

the cue ball, and when that happens, what immediately follows is the cue ball begins to move

and roll across the table and hopefully hits the intended object ball, which had been at rest. Once the object ball is hit by the cue ball, then a couple of actions take place.

The cue ball can carry them off the object ball or spin back or follow forward, depending on what kind of spin you impart to it.

And you hope that then the action of the object ball is that it rolls across the table

and sinks into the pocket as you intended.

So that the player is using his mind, he has an intention to carry out a purpose, and so he exercises

his force on the cue stick, which then imparts force to the

cue ball, which then imparts force to the object ball, which then moves and goes into the

pocket. And our assumption is that there's some kind of transfer of energy going on here

in this sequence as we observe it.

So one thing causes another thing, which causes another thing, which causes another thing,

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