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Great Unifying Force
What force unites all other forces, as well as the quantum world, gravity, space and time? This thread looks at that question from a biblical perspective.
The bible mentions that by God, all things consist. This suggests He is that great unifying force.
There are known to be several fundamental forces such as the strong and weak nuclear forces. These forces determine what matter is like in the world and universe around us. Let's look at a few of the mysteries involved with this.
(Quotes below are from the following site) https://www.khanacademy.org/science/in-in-class-12th-p
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hysics-india/nuclei/in-in-nuclear-physics/a/radioactive-decay-types-article
“Sometimes atoms aren’t happy just being themselves; they suddenly change into completely different atoms, without any warning. This mysterious transformation of one type of element into another is the basis of nuclear reactions, which cause one nucleus to change into a different nucleus. Just like chemical reactions cause compounds to turn into other compounds by swapping their electrons, nuclear reactions happen when the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom change.
Some types of nuclear reactions can actually kick protons out of the nucleus, or convert them into neutrons.”
“That means that a reaction that changes the number of protons in the nucleus changes what element we actually consider the nucleus to be. This makes beta decay a great example of how nuclear reactions can eerily transform one substance into another.
In addition to changing its atomic number, the nucleus creates and releases an electron (e-) from the atom that serves to counterbalance the positive charge , it gained by transforming a neutron to a proton. These emitted, free electrons are the “radiation” associated with beta decay. The other released particle v is a mysterious particle called an antineutrino, which has no charge and barely any mass. “
“The nucleus is made out of a glued-together arrangement of protons and neutrons, but there are multiple possible ways that these protons and neutrons can be arranged. Some of these arrangements have a lower total energy, and so a nucleus in which the protons are initially close together may shift to the lower energy configuration after some time.”
So these forces act on atoms for reasons we do not really know in ways that change elements from one type to another. Science knows that there must be some force holding atoms together, for example but does not really know what this force is or why it behaves exactly as it is observed to do. This principle extends to the other forces as well such as gravity, electric charges etc. Science knows how these thing work and behave, but not why or how. (if anyone disagrees and would like to show exceptions or etc, feel free)
Now to connect the dots.
Jesus demonstrated that He was able to change how things exist and work. He changed water into wine. He changed dead people into living healthy people. He changed deaf ears and blind eyes into healthy organs. He changed the properties of water and/or a human body as He walked on the surface of the lake. He changed the weather. In the old testament, we see that God also changed gravity, in having an ax rise to the surface of the water. He changed time itself apparently, by having the sundial clock reverse a number of degrees. He had the sun stand still. Jesus even said that if we had Him in us and believed, we could speak to a mountain and it would be cast into the sea. All these things and more demonstrate that God controls the forces that exist and which also make matter exist as we know it.
Having been told He created all thing and that all things exist by Him now, there is a clear connection between the laws and forces that exist and God Himself. He is that force that is greater than all other forces and that is the reason they even exist at all and operate as they do! Therefore Jesus is the great unifying force in the universe.
Confirmation from other parts of the bible comes in prophecy, as well as the creation week. In the final days, the sun is prophesied to go out! Yet God will have the heat we need still be produced because we know mankind will still be on the planet and alive! This means that Jesus is the real power behind how the sun works! All the stars will go dark in the universe. That means the whole universe is connected to the Unifying Force also, of course!
In creation week we see that God spoke and all the forces and laws and matter and etc all came together to exist the way He commanded.
Before the time of the flood, and in the former nature that existed on earth, we see that God stated that in 120 years, He would no longer basically strive with man. In that time, nature was different. (there are various interpretations of this passage, but none really hold water as far as trying to say this meant how long man would now live. Noah, for example, lived hundreds of years even after the flood so the 120 years could not refer to some new lifespan) Spirit beings could marry women and live here at least some of the time, for example. Men lived close to a thousand years. The implication seems to be that God was somewhat more directly involved and affecting the nature of that day. Then He decided to sort of pull back a bit more from the earth and this would have affected how nature would then function!?
God still was visiting us and talking to prophets and doing miracles and sending angels etc etc etc. It seems that He somewhat changed how He interacted with nature here. Many changes came right at this time when the 120 years were up. (probably around the time of the tower of Babel more than a century after the flood).
This would also possibly be a reason miracles work and happen. Christians are connected to the Great Unifying force! So if He is in us, then forces and laws and nature can be impacted and changed. This seems to be the way miracles usually happen (Perhaps there are many divine exceptions also, where God does not need to use people) Generally, in both the new and old testaments, miracles happened in connection to apostles and prophets. As Jesus said, if we believe, nothing will be impossible for us.
These are some thoughts as to why science has not been able to connect the dots on a unified theory of everything.
What force unites all other forces, as well as the quantum world, gravity, space and time? This thread looks at that question from a biblical perspective.
The bible mentions that by God, all things consist. This suggests He is that great unifying force.
There are known to be several fundamental forces such as the strong and weak nuclear forces. These forces determine what matter is like in the world and universe around us. Let's look at a few of the mysteries involved with this.
(Quotes below are from the following site) https://www.khanacademy.org/science/in-in-class-12th-p
start superscript, minus, end superscript
hysics-india/nuclei/in-in-nuclear-physics/a/radioactive-decay-types-article
“Sometimes atoms aren’t happy just being themselves; they suddenly change into completely different atoms, without any warning. This mysterious transformation of one type of element into another is the basis of nuclear reactions, which cause one nucleus to change into a different nucleus. Just like chemical reactions cause compounds to turn into other compounds by swapping their electrons, nuclear reactions happen when the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom change.
Some types of nuclear reactions can actually kick protons out of the nucleus, or convert them into neutrons.”
“That means that a reaction that changes the number of protons in the nucleus changes what element we actually consider the nucleus to be. This makes beta decay a great example of how nuclear reactions can eerily transform one substance into another.
In addition to changing its atomic number, the nucleus creates and releases an electron (e-) from the atom that serves to counterbalance the positive charge , it gained by transforming a neutron to a proton. These emitted, free electrons are the “radiation” associated with beta decay. The other released particle v is a mysterious particle called an antineutrino, which has no charge and barely any mass. “
“The nucleus is made out of a glued-together arrangement of protons and neutrons, but there are multiple possible ways that these protons and neutrons can be arranged. Some of these arrangements have a lower total energy, and so a nucleus in which the protons are initially close together may shift to the lower energy configuration after some time.”
So these forces act on atoms for reasons we do not really know in ways that change elements from one type to another. Science knows that there must be some force holding atoms together, for example but does not really know what this force is or why it behaves exactly as it is observed to do. This principle extends to the other forces as well such as gravity, electric charges etc. Science knows how these thing work and behave, but not why or how. (if anyone disagrees and would like to show exceptions or etc, feel free)
Now to connect the dots.
Jesus demonstrated that He was able to change how things exist and work. He changed water into wine. He changed dead people into living healthy people. He changed deaf ears and blind eyes into healthy organs. He changed the properties of water and/or a human body as He walked on the surface of the lake. He changed the weather. In the old testament, we see that God also changed gravity, in having an ax rise to the surface of the water. He changed time itself apparently, by having the sundial clock reverse a number of degrees. He had the sun stand still. Jesus even said that if we had Him in us and believed, we could speak to a mountain and it would be cast into the sea. All these things and more demonstrate that God controls the forces that exist and which also make matter exist as we know it.
Having been told He created all thing and that all things exist by Him now, there is a clear connection between the laws and forces that exist and God Himself. He is that force that is greater than all other forces and that is the reason they even exist at all and operate as they do! Therefore Jesus is the great unifying force in the universe.
Confirmation from other parts of the bible comes in prophecy, as well as the creation week. In the final days, the sun is prophesied to go out! Yet God will have the heat we need still be produced because we know mankind will still be on the planet and alive! This means that Jesus is the real power behind how the sun works! All the stars will go dark in the universe. That means the whole universe is connected to the Unifying Force also, of course!
In creation week we see that God spoke and all the forces and laws and matter and etc all came together to exist the way He commanded.
Before the time of the flood, and in the former nature that existed on earth, we see that God stated that in 120 years, He would no longer basically strive with man. In that time, nature was different. (there are various interpretations of this passage, but none really hold water as far as trying to say this meant how long man would now live. Noah, for example, lived hundreds of years even after the flood so the 120 years could not refer to some new lifespan) Spirit beings could marry women and live here at least some of the time, for example. Men lived close to a thousand years. The implication seems to be that God was somewhat more directly involved and affecting the nature of that day. Then He decided to sort of pull back a bit more from the earth and this would have affected how nature would then function!?
God still was visiting us and talking to prophets and doing miracles and sending angels etc etc etc. It seems that He somewhat changed how He interacted with nature here. Many changes came right at this time when the 120 years were up. (probably around the time of the tower of Babel more than a century after the flood).
This would also possibly be a reason miracles work and happen. Christians are connected to the Great Unifying force! So if He is in us, then forces and laws and nature can be impacted and changed. This seems to be the way miracles usually happen (Perhaps there are many divine exceptions also, where God does not need to use people) Generally, in both the new and old testaments, miracles happened in connection to apostles and prophets. As Jesus said, if we believe, nothing will be impossible for us.
These are some thoughts as to why science has not been able to connect the dots on a unified theory of everything.
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