Thursday, July 5, 2012

The "God Particle"

A particle theorized by Peter Higgs in 1964.  There is a good explanation of the theory here--  http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/evolution/161429225.html and specifically from this article--

"The Higgs is named after the English physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed a theory in 1964 to explain a mystery: why the constituents of matter have mass but the light particle, or photon, is massless. Scientists had gotten used to the idea that electric and magnetic fields could pervade space, and Higgs proposed another field, bearing his name, through which particles could acquire mass. Physicists say Higgs particles can be thought of as waves or ripples in the Higgs field. The particle is the manifestation of the Higgs theory that's potentially testable. In the 1970s, the Higgs field was incorporated into a Nobel-winning theory that united electromagnetism with one of the forces involved in nuclear reactions. Now the Higgs idea is woven into the so-called Standard Model, which describes the constituents of matter and the forces that act on them."

To me this is interesting because the aforementioned material was written by an atheist.  It is obvious when you click on the link.  However, I like the explanation once you get past the standard atheistic god doesn't exist dribble.  I always find it interesting in that atheists believe in a form of religion, it just doesn't have anything to do with God.  The religion of the Big Bang Theory, for example.

If you believe in God, you can easily understand that God can create all types of particles and mass.  Since God created the heavens and the earth, why couldn't God create subatomic photon particles?  Because He can.  In Genesis, Chapter 1 verse 3 God creates light.  It is instantaneous.  Yet, it took human scientists 50 years and millions to billions of dollars to create this particle.  And that is not a bad thing and it also doesn't prove that God doesn't exist.  To me, it proves more that God does exist.

I just don't understand people who use scientific discoveries as a means to prove an end.  Their end typically is to say "God doesn't exist" because they proved a scientific theory.  But, so what?  What does proving a scientific theory have to do with the non-existence of God?  Nothing.  Quite often the anti-God zealots automatically believe that science can have nothing to do with God.  Yet, I think science has everything to do with God and am glad when a "new discovery" is made.  There have been those who believed in God and also were scientists since the persecution of Christians officially ended in 313 A.D.  Here is a list--
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_thinkers_in_science

I think atheists may be confused in that there are many religionists who are anti-science.  But they are not representing God.  They are usually representing themselves or an organization that is using God to get power, money or fame.  So, if you are an atheist, you need to distinguish between God and the anti-science religionists.  God isn't the one perverting and denying scientific discovery, the anti-science religionists are and in my opinion, they are a bigger problem for Christianity and science than you.


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