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I
am greatly indebted to all the fine scholars that were willing to take
the time from their busy schedules and give due consideration to the
merits of the proof I offered to them -- a proof that defines the
nature of 'certainty.' Please know that there is no specific
order to their comments and that I value all insights
similarly. |
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Donald Sagar - Architect of the Eden Project
President of the Eden Institute |
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"My
colleagues in our philosophy department find no fallacy in your
reasoning. You were wise to copyright it and I wish you great success with your
book." |
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Dr. Rabbi Emanuel Rackman
- Chancellor
Bar Ilan University,
Israel |
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"Your
manuscript is a truly remarkable attempt to formulate an integrative theory of knowledge. Although your work is beyond my own field of knowledge, and I am not qualified to
write the kind of scholarly critique it truly deserves, I sense that you are on to something of
prime importance. Real "breakthroughs" are rare and can only be evaluated
by experts. This means that you should try and get as much academic and
philosophical exposure for your work as possible." |
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Dr. Alfred Bloch
- Professor of Social Theory
Translator for Pope John Paul
II |
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"To
celebrate the joyous occasion of your birthday and to pay homage to Your highly
significant contributions to ethical philosophy, I have the singular honor to humbly
submit a most unusual work written by a colleague of mine Don Sagar. His work, based
upon a profound knowledge of theology and inspired by the noblest of motives, exposes the
fundamental fallacy of the linear, utilitarian method of thinking which permeates most of
the intellectual output of our endangered civilization. Mr. Sagar fortunately is not
only an astute critic but has the originality of thought and strength of conviction that
led him to the formulation of an alternative methodology. His work exemplifies to a
remarkable degree Your own reflections contained in "Osoba i Czyn." Since
the Holy Father was and in a very special way still is a teacher -- a profession I have
the pleasure to share with Him, I hope He will view this gift with critical and loving
understanding. Although I am only transmitting his work, I want to use this occasion
to express my admiration for the Holy Father, my own love for Him, and my dedication to
assist to the limits of my abilities to help communicate the Holy Father's thoughts." |
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Dr. Alfred Bloch to
Pope John Paul II
On the Occasion of His
Birthday |
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It's worth noting that although
Pope John Paul II and scholarship close to the Vatican have had numerous opportunities
to comment on this proof, they have
chosen to remain silent. |
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"A
logical construct of absolute certainty for the acceptance of God, based upon reason or
consciousness, has profound implications for the sphere of contemporary science" |
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Patriarch Bartholomeos
- Head of The Greek Orthodox Church
Constantinople, Turkey |
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"I'm
impressed with your ability to theorize and can find nothing wrong with your proof.
It's importance is obvious. With your permission, I would like to send it
(along with supporting documentation) to my peers at the Jewish Theological
Seminary." |
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Dr. Rabbi Judah Fish
Congregation Ahavath Israel
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"I'm
fascinated with your attempts to find an absolutely compelling proof for the acceptance of
God.... What interests me most is the attempt to establish an immediate, epistemological
relationship with the fact of Ultimacy. I feel that it is crucial in the ongoing
philosophical inquiry into God." |
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Dr. Rabbi Neil Gillman -
Professor of Religious Studies
Jewish Theological Seminary,
NYC |
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"Thank
you very much for sending me your paper Absolute Certainty /Proof for God. I
find it to be a very important project. I quite agree that atheism and agnosticism
are thriving because no belief system has yet to provide a coherent explanation of
God." |
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Dr. Rabbi William E.
Kaufman
Temple Beth El |
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"It
has been a long time since I have seen anything so interesting and
captivating. The information you sent along indicating the
structure of knowledge and its ability to affect the individual is
profound. I have always been fascinated with the juxtaposition
of freewill and determinism. You have done an excellent job in
placing these two entities together and showing how they impinge each
other.... We
are delighted that you have established a philosophic proof for God.
We have no objection
nor find any weakness in this theory.... We trust that it will bring a bountiful harvest
to many who are in need of having such a proof." |
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Dr. Rev. Paul F. Crouch
- President
Trinity Broadcasting Network,
Texas |
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"President
Folkenberg forwarded your letter to me at the Biblical Research Institute. I have
carefully reviewed both presentations of your rationale for the existence of God, and I
see considerable merit in what you are saying.... I also concur with your end conclusion
that to have meaning of any kind one must recognize a Creator whose ways are
ordered." |
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Dr. Rev. George W. Reid
- Director
Biblical Research Institute
General Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists |
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"Your
aspiration to secure an irrefutable argument for the existence of God is laudable, and the
Bahái World Centre wishes you every success in your efforts to gain a wide audience for
your work." |
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High Council -
Bahái
International Community
Haifa, Israel |
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"Having
carefully gone through your statement of belief that 'you have finally isolated a logical
construct of absolute certainty that can serve as an accurate measuring rod for the
interpretation of Divine Revelation as it pertains to human responsibility,' I appreciate
the same.... Your reasoning leaves room enough for the place of heart in religion as well
as for the head (reason)." |
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Kewal Krishan Mittal,
MA, Ph D - Chairman
Dept. of Buddhist Studies
(Philosophy)
University of Delhi, India |
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"By
going beyond the confusion that surrounds the traditional idea of certainty, you
appear to have defined a relative certainty that constitutes a closest approach to
our understanding of this difference; and therefore deserves to rewrite history's
definition of it." |
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Dr. Vishwanath Alatamarthi
- Professor of Buddhist Studies
University of Gorakhpur, India |
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"The
proof's implications to the world of knowledge could well rival, if not surpass, all other
currently recognized milestones.... Since truth is undeniably tied to certainty and the
sanity it portends, the importance of isolating its ultimate form cannot be
overstated" |
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Dr. Wade Thompson -
Professor of English Literature
SUNY New Paltz, NY |
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"You may well have discovered
the missing conclusion that will dictate the final chapter in mankind's
search to identify truth" |
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Dr. David Applebaum -
Professor of Philosophy
SUNY New Paltz, NY |
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"Your
proof offers validation for what religion has consistently upheld on the basis of
intuition, experience and faith... a rational proof for the existence of God makes the
depths of essential cause, as well as the realms of universal interconnectedness,
accessible to the scientific mind. That religion and science could compliment and enrich
each other would possibly alter the nature of both. This could only benefit humankind as a
whole -- Congratulations" |
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Dr. Rev. Shawn Bryne -
Chaplain and Professor of Theology
Unification Theological Seminary, NY |
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"Where
once the word faith was looked upon with disdain by the unbeliever, your proof
offers us the fundamental understanding central to the logical function of
faith..... I am able to see that the mechanics of the proof and the mechanics of faith are
one and the same" |
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Dr. Reverend Frederick H.
Sagar - my Father |
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"I
found your presentation very engaging. I join you in wanting to claim the gift of reason
for the service of faith. The theme of order is particularly important to this effort.
Your work makes much of temporality and thus resembles Whitehead's work - though his
emerged more out of the field of mathematics. Whatever my reservations, this does not
remove your work's genuine importance." |
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Dr. Paul Sponheim -
Professor of Systematic Theology
Luther Seminary |
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"I
read with interest your enclosed generic proof for God and will distribute it to other
members of the faculty. Speaking personally, I welcomed your letter and text. Our culture
is one that places little value on the kind of enterprise you have undertaken; at the same
time, I think it has a continuing validity. In addition to cleverness, it now demands a
good deal of courage as well. May God bless your work." |
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Dr. Rev. Lawrence C Brennan,
C.M. - Academic Dean
Kenrick-Glennon Roman Catholic
Seminary |
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"You
have undertaken an impressive piece of work and I hope your efforts to develop dialogue
with philosophers, scientists and theologians will be fruitful." |
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David A. Ames -
Executive Director
The Association for Religion
and Intellectual Life
Brown University /Columbia University |
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"Thank you for the opportunity
to read your paper. I found it extremely interesting and very well put." |
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Dr. Joseph Grange -
Coordinator, Society for the Study of Process Philosophies
University of Southern Maine |
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"I
assure you that I admire your efforts to deal with some very important matters in a most
rationally challenging way. More power to you." |
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Dr. C. Alan Anderson -
New England District President
International New Thought
Alliance |
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"The subject matter of your
proof, as to the nature of reason and knowledge is clearly of general
interest and might eventually also concern the physics professional." |
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Dr. Nicholaas Bloembergen
- President, American Physical Society
Harvard University |
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"Your
proof clearly demonstrates that space and time are true unknowables and not directly
accessible to reason's function with certainty - as Einstein suggested. It is therefore my
opinion that this difference (as you have framed it) is clearly sufficient to force a
rethinking of the basic premise of scientific inquiry in favor of another 'constancy
principle' such as the one you have suggested in the Mechanics of Reason" |
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Dr. David Klepacki
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Computational Physicist
IBM Corporation, NY |
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"By
understanding the significance of this proof, man no longer forlornly considers himself a
pinpoint of reasoning and self inspiring consciousness surrounded by adventitious,
meaningless chaos. Instead, man becomes fortified with renewed purpose, renewed conviction
and, yes, renewed faith" |
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Daniel Schmidt -
Professional Artist |
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