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Quantum Physics: Evidence of the Omnipresence of God

What does this indeterministic behavior of the atoms has something to do with the dogmatic Christian claim of the omnipresence of God?

Quantum theory is the modern and radical description of the real behavior of the submicroscopic world of the atoms developed prominently by Max Planck, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in the early decades of the 20th century. This theory is founded on the strength of its main framework that one of the fundamental particles of matter- the electron can be found anywhere at the same time around its parent atom- indeterminism point of view.

Apparently quizzical to our intuition but proper application of the exact science of mathematics by some devoted practitioners of the new science as the tool found conclusively that the probability of the electron being positioned at any point at the same time was not zero, hence the omnipresence of this elementary particle in the atomic universe.

Opposed though by many determinist scientists including Albert Einstein, quantum theory has had its way in many fields of practical applications where any other existing physics failed.

What does this indeterministic behavior of the electron has something to do with the dogmatic Christian claim of the omnipresence of God? Many philosophers and psychologists maintained the idea of the parallelism between mind and matter.

Accordingly, the laws of physics describing the natural behaviors of matter, there exists a counterpart in the subtle realm of the human mind. Love for instance has been paired to the always attractive Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation; Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle in quantum mechanics itself has been speculated to be in parallel with the tendency of the mind to succumb to the psychological problem of indecisions and many more.

The rich history of religious beliefs has it that man had always long for something divine since his first appearance on earth. And this innate yearning for God has been linked by many researchers to the workings of the human mind.

If those thinkers were right after all, then we can comfortably infer that the non-zero probability of the electron being simultaneously present anywhere in its atomic world is the physical counterpart of our religious belief of the omnipresence of God. Although, no one has seen an electron but the effect of its existence and indefinite position are now confirmed as absolute truths of modern science. If this way in attaining truth by parallelism is right, then God's omnipresence is a truth and the existence of the electron means the existence of God.

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Comments (22)
#1 by Juancav, Jul 10, 2008
Thank you Unofre ,and congratulation,exploring this matter,as you sais,nobody has seen an electron,and counterpart ,nobody has seen God,withal,some people don´t believe in God argues ,they haven´t seen God ,however, they recognize the existence of the electron,Difference is that science science postulates a theory, but then, another theory comes that throws the previous one down,nevertheless the faith is immutable for the believer, this does not imply that there is to refuse to science, but sooner or later, science takes to God, if is pure science without subjetivismos.
#2 by ramtsam, Jul 10, 2008
A good article on science and God. Great job you have done.
#3 by Quail, Jul 10, 2008

Namaste Unofre, another great article and well thought out too.
#4 by Mystical Whitewolf, Jul 10, 2008
Very good article on Quantum Physics,you made so good point in this area.
#5 by Unofre pili, Jul 10, 2008

Thank you Juancav,ramtsam, Quail and Mystical Whitewolf.
#6 by Jito(Fernando), Jul 10, 2008
Yes,I agree Unofre! The bible says this in Hebrews 11:1 ,\"Now faith is the \"substance\" of things hoped for,the \"evidence of things not seen.\" The Greek definition of \"substance\" is, the assurance,the confidence, and the Essence.Even faith in God is an
essence or substance,not seen.Belief in God is both simple and
profound. Thank you Unofre for sharing!
#7 by Lewis, Jul 10, 2008
This is unbelievably stupid. Drawing superficial similarities between completely unrelated concepts or phenomena has no scientific or merit whatsoever. Gravity has nothing to do with love and quantum physics has nothing to do with indecision. Your logic seems to go something like this:

Gravity is an attractive force, love involves attaction between two people, therefore gravity = love.

Electrons are real and are capable of being in more than place at once, God is supposed to be able to be in more than one place at once, therefore God is also real.

Taking it further:

Strawberries are red and are sweet, tasty fruits; buses are also red, therefore buses are sweet tasty fruits.

Dogs exist and are hairy, bigfoot is also supposed to be hairy, therefore bigfoot also exists.

Have you ever heard of a logical fallacy?
#8 by Unofre Pili, Jul 10, 2008

To Lewis and Sikanrong,

I agree with your comments, but I am just sharing what I came across in my readings.I did not claim, those parallelism of the behavior of the mind and matter were my original ideas.
#9 by nobert soloria bermosa, Jul 10, 2008
nice post,and controversial as well. i'm sure a lot more will disagree,keep it up
#10 by william rodriguez II, Jul 10, 2008
Great post,buddy. It only means that science and religion has connection to each other. Although there are some scientist didn't believe in God.But God is real!
#11 by Ruby Hawk, Jul 10, 2008
Well writen, interesting and it makes people think. Pro or con, it makes no difference. Just to make people think is quiet enough.
#12 by tracy sardelli, Jul 12, 2008
nice thought provoking article. thank you for sharing.
#13 by salvatore, Jul 12, 2008
good article. thanks.
#14 by Phil, Jul 21, 2008
Well written piece, but in my opinion....

...utter nonsense.

You 'quote' science - seemingly knowledgably - and then make a huge leap to the existance of God.

Science 'believes' in the ''indeterministic behavior of the atoms' at the moment. Unlike religion, which has a fixed set of dogmatic beliefs, science is based on evidence. There may be evidence in the future that takes this on further - or completely disproves it. Science is, at best, a working and developing descripition of our world.

Science may prove the existance of God one day - but this certainly isn't it. If science does prove the existance of God - and it happens to be a Christian God - oh dear - what will happen to the corner stone of faith?

Phil

#15 by Darlene McFarlane, Jul 24, 2008
This is a very well written piece. Unfortunately you will never find anything of this nature where everyone can agree. It had given us all something to think about.

Darlene
#16 by desmonrock21, Jul 31, 2008
Great article kabayan.. God is realy existing.
one evidence is the Solar System itself. the planets are perfectly arrange, they have orbit to follow so that they won't bump to each other. and the sun is the center so their si day and night, and it is NOT coincidence. how science can explain that? God truly exist.
#17 by desmonrock21, Jul 31, 2008
Great article kabayan.. God is realy existing.
one evidence is the Solar System itself. the planets are perfectly arrange, they have orbit to follow so that they won't bump to each other. and the sun is the center so the sun so their is day and night, and it is NOT coincidence. how science can explain that? God truly exist.
#18 by atherios, Aug 9, 2008
how do you get your work to be put on stumbleupon?
#19 by Janet, Aug 30, 2008
You have got to be kidding
#20 by R J Evans, Sep 8, 2008
I love articles that make me think -sideways as well as straight on!
#21 by Graeme S. Houston, Sep 11, 2008
Great article, though philosophy would have been a more appropriate category. Physics, and indeed all science, is "natural philosophy". That is to say that after banging their heads against the wall for two millenia of philosophical debate; nobody could aggree after all; someone had the great idea - let's stick to what we can see and observe - i.e. the natural world. Physics is all based on evidence. The approach of sticking to what is only directly observable has been extremely successful. I did see your point though, and even if I don't agree with it, it was nevertheless interesting reading.

To desmonrock21, I would just like to point you to Douglas Adams' puddle analogy to illustrate the folly of an egocentric view of science and nature:

". . . imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in, fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!' This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it's still frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for."
#22 by Joe Martin, Oct 19, 2008
Utterly embarrassing - a failed attempt to link the limitations of contemporary understanding of physics with proof for the existence of the judeo-christian god

Unfortunately, this type of argument is inevitable. Every time science reaches a road block, religion marks it as a sign of God's existence. Eventually (and fortunately, due to the nature of man, also inevitably) science eventually progresses beyond this aforementioned limitation and religion is forced to adapt (as it always has) sooner or later
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