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Great question. I find it interesting about the whole God particle, as I do about any other scientific discoveries. If scientists do find a so called “God particle,” does that mean God doesn’t exist?
I think science is one of the greatest tools we have. It is a way we can understand the life we live in. It tells us how things happen, and gives us a deeper understanding of many things. It has helped lead to cures, inventions, and so many other things that have given the human race a higher quality of life.
I also think that any religion without science is foolish. At the same time, I also think that any science without God is also foolish. I am not in any way trying to offend anyone here.
But the thing we all have to keep in mind is that none of us were here when the world came into existence. All we have are the scriptures and science. I believe God created the world, as Genesis explains. It is probably more detailed I am sure, but the point of Genesis is to give the basics of it. I am sure God used many scientific particles & laws during creation.
I personally believe in God’s design, He created everything through the laws of science which He defined. As far as evolution, I think God’s design allows for changes (which is why we have different breeds of dogs, etc). However, I don’t believe life slowly evolved from nothing. I think he pulled everything from the “dust” of the earth (meaning matter)–all atoms, protons, minerals, etc. to create man. He did this in a short time period, and not over millions of years. We have to keep in mind if God could even create anything in the first place, who is to say He couldn’t create man instantly. Especially if He created this huge universe in all its vastness.
The part I disagree with about evolution or “God particles” is that it started life. I think that life is far too complex for evolution to have started it. If that is the case, then why aren’t there other planets with life forms? Sure there may be in a galaxy far far away, but lets be honest–we have no real proof of that, especially in our own galaxy. There certainly aren’t any plants or animals or complex life forms on our own planets. And if evolution is so efficient that it could have started life in the first place, couldn’t it find away around the environment on other planets?
And I view genetics like a computer program. All genetics really are made of matter (atoms, etc) in complex arrangements, and that coding makes the matter mean something.
Just like a computer program. Computers are really just 1′s and 0′s. Computers can never really do anything…that is unless someone creates programs to manipulate and arrange those 1′s and 0′s to mean something. Software developers develop coding that manipulate this and makes it relevant. They take the “matter” of a computer, and make it come “alive.”
The same thing with life. Who designed the code? The particles are arranged in a pattern, to make them mean something and perform specific functions. Who stated the what the scientific laws would be? Who said an atom should have this many electrons in it’s outer shell? And even more importantly…WHY? I think it was all God.
Back to the God particle. I don’t believe there ever will be any piece of evidence that says “This is how life began.” Simply because it can never be proved because we weren’t there. Just like a murderer can never be totally proven if no one witnessed it, just more than a reasonable doubt based on evidence. That is the best it can ever get. Only the murderer and the person he/she murdered will know for sure (and God).
At the end of the day, I can’t prove God exists, and the non-religious person can’t prove that evolution started everything, or that the big bang happened by itself.
We all have to have faith (or belief without total evidence) to a certain degree, and look at all the evidence & take a stand at some point and say to ourselfe, “Okay, I can’t know every detail, so either I will choose God or reject that type of a belief”. That is why I believe in God, and why any piece of evidence will never be able to 100% prove anything in either way (that God exists or Evolution started it, etc) until God does actually prove otherwise.
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This post was written by Revelation on September 4, 2008
