The mere mention of a laboratory usually conjures up images of a facility that provides controlled conditions for study or conducting scientific research, experiments, and measurement. Few realize that the human mind itself is also a virtual laboratory in which ideas are conceived, concepts are formulated and assumptions are ascertained to determine their validity on a constant basis, whether consciously during our waking moments or else sub-consciously in our dreams.

Life used to be much simpler and straightforward where black and white are clearly distinct and marked out for us. Or so we thought. The rapid progression of our modern civilization has blurred the lines between what is true and false, right and wrong, and even real and artificial. 'Science is stranger than fiction' has become a byword for our generation, and quite possibly the last to witness its demise and destruction, if the current technological direction and trend humanity is moving towards is anything but good to go by or surmise. Perhaps it's time Christians take a closer look at familiar scripture passages-it may be that God will remove the scales from our eyes to see the shocking truths which has been hidden all along in plain sight-because our own prejudices and preconceived notions could have thus blinded us.