BEYOND THE COSMOS Those of you who follow the Does God Exist?
lectures and videos of John Clayton are familiar with the
materials which deal with how science can help us understand the
nature of God and how God does and has done things humans find
difficult to understand. We have used the book Flatland by Edwin
Abbott to introduce the concept of God as a being outside of
time and space, a Being who functions in and from dimensions
beyond the three dimensions plus time in which we function. This
book deals with the above concepts in much more depth and
thoroughness than we have attempted in our discussions. Dr. Ross
is an astronomer and founder of the Reasons to Believe program--
an apologetics outreach of the Congregational Church. His
materials are particularly useful with college students and
professional scientists, and this book certainly reflects the
needs of those groups. Ross begins his material by listing the
kinds of things dimensional understandings of God can help us
understand. These include things