{"id":48,"date":"2009-06-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/scienceandthesacred\/2009\/06\/learning-from-gods-works.html"},"modified":"2014-05-19T09:16:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T13:16:28","slug":"learning-from-gods-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/scienceandthesacred\/2009\/06\/learning-from-gods-works.html","title":{"rendered":"Learning from God&#8217;s Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p align=\"center\"><object height=\"326\" width=\"446\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/embed\/RobertFull_2009-embed_high.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/RobertFull-2009.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=571\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"326\" width=\"446\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">God has provided us with two books: the book of God&#8217;s Word and the book of God&#8217;s works.&nbsp; While we can learn much from studying God&#8217;s Word, we must remember that we can also learn from God&#8217;s works.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">In this TED video, biologist Robert Full shows how the gecko&#8217;s feet and tail have evolved to make it one of nature&#8217;s most effective climbers.&nbsp; More importantly, however, Full discusses biomutualism and how engineers have been able to learn by studying this creature&#8217;s adaptations and in turn pose interesting new questions for biologists to investigate, particularly involving the usefulness of an active tail.&nbsp; He ends the talk by showing the world&#8217;s first robotic gecko, built from this new knowledge gathered from creation.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God has provided us with two books: the book of God&#8217;s Word and the book of God&#8217;s works.&nbsp; While we can learn much from studying God&#8217;s Word, we must remember that we can also learn from God&#8217;s works.&nbsp; 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