Monday, 08 September 2008

• Large Hadron Collider vs God

  So apparently some clever scientists created a device called the Large Hadron Collider that could possibly mimic the exact environment of the Big Bang a million of a second after the explosion.

  First of all - have you seen this thing?

  

  I have to admit - that thing looks pretty darn awesome.  It's like what I expect the matrix embedded in optimus prime's chest would look like - that awesome.

  Second of all - who's the nerd that called it "Hadron Collider."  What a lame name.  That's like Optimus Prime being named Truck Bot.  I like what some sensational news agencies are calling it - "SUPER SMASHER!"

  ok - stop ADD.  Focus.

  So this crazy looking $10 billion machine sends a beam of particles racing around the 27 kilometer ring at the speed of light using 1,800 superconducting magnet systems where protons will reach an energy level of 7 trillion electon volts while scientists will detect and record collisions using a network of state of the art advanced computers all designed to try to mimic the conditions at the beginning of the universe a la Big Bang theory that supposedly happened 15 billion years ago.

  Yup - all this for a sofa cushion scratching $10 billion dollars.  Pssst - meanwhile, people are dying of starvation btw. 

  But apparently people are freaking out some - I thought Christians would be upset about this but it seems to be coming more from anyone - apparently there are lawsuits that have been filed against this machine being turned on - there's a fear that it would create hypothetical black holes and end the world as we know it.  Though many scientists dismiss these fears as preposterous, reading around - I get a sense that a lot of scientists aren't completely sure what's to happen.

  This machine will be turned on this Wednesday.  Which will either mean that a few of you paranoid types need to get your affairs in order, while the rest of you will wake up that day thinking - hey, it's wednesday. 

  But let's look back for a bit - We have to accept, we could be wrong about all of this -  most people at one point thought the world was flat - but we now know that isn't true.  and let's not forget us Christians too - we kinda messed some things up in the past - at one point we thought the earth was the center of the universe - but we now know that wasn't true. 

  At the same time - we can not deny all the advancements in science and technology by Christians and non-Christians alike.

  Heliocentrism was a huge challenge for Christians in the 16th century - but we survived it.  Which brings me to this event....we don't know what's to come about the test on wednesday.  Even, if it shows how a big bang might work, it's still questionable to whether or not it's conclusive to why things are the way they are today. 

  This should not be a debate about literal creationism, or theistic evolution, or darwinism - we all know we can debate that forever and no matter what anyone says, it always ends with someone saying "you're an idiot!  discussion over!"  So please, keep the discussion civil and mind that what you say can be personal.

  But I ask you - just how Christians came to understand Heliocentrism today - what outcomes and tests would possibly prove to you how God created this world?  

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