looking for god in particles (theology of physics)

did they find it/him/her
the organizing energy behind the universe

that particle
bringing matter form
and spirit weight

no, they discover the fingerprint
of something greater
inside everything

but that organizing energy
is too clever to be captured
by our crude tools

and can only really be understood
through faith

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About Susan L Daniels

I am a firm believer that politics are personal, that faith is expressed through action, and that life is something that must be loved and lived authentically--or why bother with any of it?
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10 Responses to looking for god in particles (theology of physics)

  1. Dewey Dirks's avatar Dewey Dirks says:

    Nicelly written Susan

  2. nelle's avatar nelle says:

    There’s a hybrid ahead, methinks. The theory of everything involves more than four forces of nature.
    The deeper we look the more we learn what we see is the creation of our minds, the reality far different and heck of a lot more wondrous. We’re standing on an oasis, and but from a thousand miles away, it all looks so different. In, out, we live in a bubble.

  3. Unfortunately Father has been quite misunderstood by mortals ~but I’m certain He will make everything clear! Beautiful analogy!~Thanks

  4. Bruce Ruston's avatar Ian Moone says:

    Nice write science and poetry, I am going to guess that they may well find it in the next two to five years and it will lead them somewhere else – as is the way

  5. You challenge deep thinking here – every new discovery advances the frontiers of knowledge on the one hand and deepens our awareness of how little we know and how much more there is to discover on the other. The ultimate potter remains ultimately inscrutable! Is this inscrutability the driver of faith?

    • Hmmm, interesting question. I have often found that the sheer beauty, symmetry, and detail of creation from the very microscopic to the grand scale beyond our vision to be a silent testament to the presence of the creator; a touch echoed in each small and large thing. Will we find the fingerprints of the potter on his work, as evidence that he was there, directing it? I do not know that inscrutability drives much for me besides wonder.

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