A New Theory of God
Last night I awoke in the middle of the night and, for a time, could not return to sleep. I began to think about the strangest things, and one of those things was the idea of a god. For many years I have rejected the Bible and organized religion’s version of god. It’s too improbable, and there’s too much evidence against this omnipotent, omniscient being who ostensibly existed before earth, the solar system, the universe, before time itself. Yet, there is something else, something perhaps a little more Jungian. My son Stephen says it’s quantum religion, but I looked up quantum religion, and that didn’t seem familiar to me. I’m not scientific enough to understand the jargon, and I couldn’t even find my way into the literature. It could be the same thing I’m thinking about, but I can’t tell.
What I began to imagine was the sense of god—some essential essence—in each atom, each particle, each molecule, from the Big Bang onward. Each of us is god. Each of us consists of god particles. Thus, there is greatness and good in us, as well as evil and mediocrity. Even rocks and trees and air contain god particles because everything contains atoms. They are the building blocks of everything.
That’s why a nuclear explosion is the most powerful force we can imagine. That’s why each thing has kinship with each other thing. Such a theory incorporates evolution, rather than fights it. Such a theory leads us forward into peace and harmony. It’s kind of Zen-like, in a way. After the Big Bang, the particles drifted farther out. Some of the larger amalgamations of particles (planets) evolved in such a way that life forms developed and then they themselves evolved and became the life forms we know today, including humans. We will continue to evolve, as will the plants and other animals. Who knows what we may become?
I don’t know what to call my theory. Obviously, I can’t call it quantum religion. I don’t like the word religion, to begin with, so it would be better for me to think of a term that fits how I feel about it. Essentialism? Universalism? Atomism? Are those names being used already for other theories? Probably. Maybe my theory of god needs no name.
My theory needs no holy book. The facts of science are its text. My theory needs no holy men or women. Each of us is as equally holy as any other; we are all made of atoms, of god particles. So are the other forms in the universe, so Sun Worshipers, Moon Worshipers, Earth Worshipers, Sea Worshipers, all worshipers and non-worshipers alike, all have a place, a role, a segment. We need no separate holy place. Each place is made equally of god particles. Each place is a holy place. Everything is worthy of awe and reverence in its own way. Transcendentalism is kind of a part of what I’m envisioning, but Emerson and his ilk didn’t go far enough because they were only partially able to appreciate the holiness in all things and in all people.
We don’t need beauty to be evidence of god. Ugliness is also evidence of god. Both are made of god particles. Both are holy. This theory needs no heaven or hell since our bodies and all matter will decay and become another form of gas or matter, still made of god particles. There is no soul, merely consciousness that comes about via the electrical and chemical nature of the working of the brain. We can explain electricity. We can understand how, when the current is switched off, the electrical device will not function. Death means that the electrical current has stopped running, but another manifestation begins to occur, the chemical disintegration that results in decomposition. It has its own energy and power. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, flesh to clay.
The saying “God is in the details” has always intrigued me. Now I know why. The details are the god particles, the atoms, the essential unbreakable units of which we, and all else, are made.
Last night I awoke in the middle of the night and, for a time, could not return to sleep. I began to think about the strangest things, and one of those things was the idea of a god. For many years I have rejected the Bible and organized religion’s version of god. It’s too improbable, and there’s too much evidence against this omnipotent, omniscient being who ostensibly existed before earth, the solar system, the universe, before time itself. Yet, there is something else, something perhaps a little more Jungian. My son Stephen says it’s quantum religion, but I looked up quantum religion, and that didn’t seem familiar to me. I’m not scientific enough to understand the jargon, and I couldn’t even find my way into the literature. It could be the same thing I’m thinking about, but I can’t tell.
What I began to imagine was the sense of god—some essential essence—in each atom, each particle, each molecule, from the Big Bang onward. Each of us is god. Each of us consists of god particles. Thus, there is greatness and good in us, as well as evil and mediocrity. Even rocks and trees and air contain god particles because everything contains atoms. They are the building blocks of everything.
That’s why a nuclear explosion is the most powerful force we can imagine. That’s why each thing has kinship with each other thing. Such a theory incorporates evolution, rather than fights it. Such a theory leads us forward into peace and harmony. It’s kind of Zen-like, in a way. After the Big Bang, the particles drifted farther out. Some of the larger amalgamations of particles (planets) evolved in such a way that life forms developed and then they themselves evolved and became the life forms we know today, including humans. We will continue to evolve, as will the plants and other animals. Who knows what we may become?
I don’t know what to call my theory. Obviously, I can’t call it quantum religion. I don’t like the word religion, to begin with, so it would be better for me to think of a term that fits how I feel about it. Essentialism? Universalism? Atomism? Are those names being used already for other theories? Probably. Maybe my theory of god needs no name.
My theory needs no holy book. The facts of science are its text. My theory needs no holy men or women. Each of us is as equally holy as any other; we are all made of atoms, of god particles. So are the other forms in the universe, so Sun Worshipers, Moon Worshipers, Earth Worshipers, Sea Worshipers, all worshipers and non-worshipers alike, all have a place, a role, a segment. We need no separate holy place. Each place is made equally of god particles. Each place is a holy place. Everything is worthy of awe and reverence in its own way. Transcendentalism is kind of a part of what I’m envisioning, but Emerson and his ilk didn’t go far enough because they were only partially able to appreciate the holiness in all things and in all people.
We don’t need beauty to be evidence of god. Ugliness is also evidence of god. Both are made of god particles. Both are holy. This theory needs no heaven or hell since our bodies and all matter will decay and become another form of gas or matter, still made of god particles. There is no soul, merely consciousness that comes about via the electrical and chemical nature of the working of the brain. We can explain electricity. We can understand how, when the current is switched off, the electrical device will not function. Death means that the electrical current has stopped running, but another manifestation begins to occur, the chemical disintegration that results in decomposition. It has its own energy and power. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, flesh to clay.
The saying “God is in the details” has always intrigued me. Now I know why. The details are the god particles, the atoms, the essential unbreakable units of which we, and all else, are made.
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