Summary: "There had to be non-symmetry in the matter/antimatter of the big bang in order for our world to exist."
Yesterday I saw a poster in my college which explained about matter vs. antimatter and how it relates to the big bang.
For those of you who don't know, antimatter is composed of atoms which have protons orbiting a neutron/electron nucleus, as opposed to normal atoms/matter which have electrons orbiting a neutron/proton nucleus.
Evidentally, the big bang should have produced an equal quantity of matter and antimatter. But the problem is, if it did that, the matter and antimatter would immediately combust into pure energy. See, electrons are attracted to protons, and if the electrons from the outside of matter hit the protons on the outside of antimatter, they will be attracted, zoom towards eachother until they hit and then...blow up? Consume eachother more likely. But anyway, it is a pure conversion (as far as we can tell) into energy.
Anyways...a normal big bang would have just consumed itself into all energy and no matter/antimatter. How then do we have matter? The poster said that there was a flaw/anomalie/antisymmetry in one out of every 10 billion atoms, causing an imbalance that made stuff fly off at random angles and not combust.
Now that sounds pretty hokey to me. I guess there isn't an immediate follow-through to some fact about how God created the universe, but it's just some food for though. [This whole post has been information with only a slant of my own ideas...kindof]
Let me know what you think.
02 June 2011
God is bigger than people
Summary: "God is bigger than people, so don't expect to really be satisfied with people, value people based on how much they reflect God and by the fact that they are made in the image of God (Christian or not)"
I was feeling wierd over the last year or so, people weren't satisfying me. It was like a little constant pain all the time when I interacted with them. I couldn't pin it down for a while. I had lots of theories related to specific people and whatnot, but I think I eventually got it.
I wanted to plunge headfirst into a huge pool of goodness - in people. But it wasn't there! I wanted rest, satisfaction, peace, etc, but nobody's perfect like that. No one person can give real rest to your soul.
And that's obvious once you think of it (not before though!). God is bigger than people, duh! So if you ever feel dissatisfied with people, remember that you actually should be, and cling to God instead.
You CAN enjoy people, though. That would be a bummer if you couldn't. Rejoice in what parts of God they reflect (these qualities are actually the ONLY things you should like about people...but expand the qualities of God to include being funny/wierd based on an inner confidence, quietness and waiting on God, etc etc a bunch of stuff that you are supposed to like about people)
Alright, got it?
See you later!
I was feeling wierd over the last year or so, people weren't satisfying me. It was like a little constant pain all the time when I interacted with them. I couldn't pin it down for a while. I had lots of theories related to specific people and whatnot, but I think I eventually got it.
I wanted to plunge headfirst into a huge pool of goodness - in people. But it wasn't there! I wanted rest, satisfaction, peace, etc, but nobody's perfect like that. No one person can give real rest to your soul.
And that's obvious once you think of it (not before though!). God is bigger than people, duh! So if you ever feel dissatisfied with people, remember that you actually should be, and cling to God instead.
You CAN enjoy people, though. That would be a bummer if you couldn't. Rejoice in what parts of God they reflect (these qualities are actually the ONLY things you should like about people...but expand the qualities of God to include being funny/wierd based on an inner confidence, quietness and waiting on God, etc etc a bunch of stuff that you are supposed to like about people)
Alright, got it?
See you later!
trust in God
I am sorry that I have not been very active lately. Due to some more free time and a renewed pursuit of God, there should be a little more coming now.
This is a short one. "Put your trust in God" appears several times in the bible. (A good psalm for trust is 91).
Previously, I had taken this as "Your trust should be in God." - which is true, but look at what is actually says: PUT your trust in God. We are in control of where we put our trust. You voluntarily, by an act of will, choose where to put your trust. It's not something you have to build up to feel like trusting in God, you can control it. Yes, granted you will need to trust God for a while for it to become automatic for situations and for you to normally feel like trusting God, but that's normal for almost anything.
It feels good to trust something, right? When that thing is trustworthy?
Extrapolation: this ought to work for more things than trust. Love, faith, peace from, obedience, etc can also all be controlled, I think. Faith includes a lot of head knowledge though...it depends on your definitions.
Anyway, put your trust in God!
This is a short one. "Put your trust in God" appears several times in the bible. (A good psalm for trust is 91).
Previously, I had taken this as "Your trust should be in God." - which is true, but look at what is actually says: PUT your trust in God. We are in control of where we put our trust. You voluntarily, by an act of will, choose where to put your trust. It's not something you have to build up to feel like trusting in God, you can control it. Yes, granted you will need to trust God for a while for it to become automatic for situations and for you to normally feel like trusting God, but that's normal for almost anything.
It feels good to trust something, right? When that thing is trustworthy?
Extrapolation: this ought to work for more things than trust. Love, faith, peace from, obedience, etc can also all be controlled, I think. Faith includes a lot of head knowledge though...it depends on your definitions.
Anyway, put your trust in God!
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