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Hebrews 11:3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

If God is God, if the above is true, and if faith is of any importance, then I don't believe there will be a God particle as I for one believe it, all we know, is held together by the word of God and that alone.

If all of Creation isn't enough to believe in the power of God then a particle just wouldn't do it either.

God is cool.

Originally Posted by billyd60

Well since no one knows what God looks like, perhaps proving the god particle exists is tantamount to proving God exists......

How silly; no it does not.

The unfortunate name of "God particle" comes from the notion that this particle "may" be the smallest known physical item that everything else is made up of.
Once proof of existence is made, there may in fact be some even smaller particle that could be posited to exist that could then be called the very same thing.

This is actually the Higgs-Bosen (sp?) particle which is the more proper name for it, and it has nothing at all to do with proving the existence of a deity.

Originally Posted by LcJ

If God is God, if the above is true, and if faith is of any importance, then I don't believe there will be a God particle as I for one believe it, all we know, is held together by the word of God and that alone.

If all of Creation isn't enough to believe in the power of God then a particle just wouldn't do it either.

Umm... Ground control to Major Tom, come in! Can you hear me Major Tom?!?!?!

The reason for the hunt for the Higgs boson is that, in theory, it should exist. Also, in theory, it's thought to be what gives fermions (elementary particles of matter like quarks and electrons) their mass and is hoped to explain why they have the mass they have and no other. This is a very big question in particle physics and a mystery so far. Because it's such a mystery the Higgs was (jokingly) called the God Particle in the hope it would clear things up.

Essentially, the Higgs boson isn't so much a particle (although duality allows it much the same as a photon) as a force field which pervades all of space. It's thought that the Higgs field, in some way, resists a particle's movement and in doing so confers a mass to it. The resistance being different for each type of particle confers a different mass.

Another somewhat similar mystery is the exact equivalence of inertia to mass. Einstein was baffled by this and so it remains today.

I walked in the room today and my just turned 15 daughter was discussing the God particle discovery. I am a little scared that she knows more about it and many other things than I do. I am also extremely proud of her.

Originally Posted by FrogChief

Umm... Ground control to Major Tom, come in! Can you hear me Major Tom?!?!?!

He who has ears, let him hear....Lyle has no problem hearing and understanding God's Word.


Were God to merely relax His grasp on the universe every atom would come apart "by fire" (that is, by nuclear fire). God dynamically sustains the universe, including the atoms themselves. They are "stable" only because force from the spiritual realm is being supplied into the physical nuclear binding fields. Whatever we may think of God and physics, the Bible leaves us with no room to doubt that God does care about the sparrow that falls to the ground, the widow, the orphan, and the homeless. He does not lose track of His children and watches over them with infinite, patient, intimate Fatherly care. He sustains the universe by His mighty word of power. He also alters the status quo and, in response to prayer, frequently changes the course of entire nations.
http://www.ldolphin.org/cohere.shtml

Wasn't it faster than light particles which turned out to be the result of a slightly loose connection?

Originally Posted by steelfaith1

He who has ears, let him hear....Lyle has no problem hearing and understanding God's Word.


Were God to merely relax His grasp on the universe every atom would come apart "by fire" (that is, by nuclear fire). God dynamically sustains the universe, including the atoms themselves. They are "stable" only because force from the spiritual realm is being supplied into the physical nuclear binding fields. Whatever we may think of God and physics, the Bible leaves us with no room to doubt that God does care about the sparrow that falls to the ground, the widow, the orphan, and the homeless. He does not lose track of His children and watches over them with infinite, patient, intimate Fatherly care. He sustains the universe by His mighty word of power. He also alters the status quo and, in response to prayer, frequently changes the course of entire nations.
http://www.ldolphin.org/cohere.shtml

Our job is to proclaim. After all:

Romans 10:17
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

It isn't ours to Judge, only to proclaim.

What I don't understand is the railing against something that doesn't exist. If I didn't believe God was, I certainly wouldn't be trying to give the message away.

Funny thing is that the term "God particle" never in fact had any real religious background... it was actually a misquote by the media; in house the Higgs Bosun was referenced as "that goddamned particle". True story.

The more you know.

From the National Post:

Ah. So it's actually the (see term used by actual scientists, clear as day towards bottom of image in post just before this one)* Particle. Not being either a Koran adherent nor a Koran burner myself, I'll just call it the Higgs boson particle.

*Funny! The RCG profanity filter wouldn't let me type the actual word as reported in the above article. But I understand. Best not invite a fatwa from the Boy Scouts of America (blessings and peace be upon them).

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Edited as per request from moderators. Glad to see my fellow poster is on the ball and alerting the authorities. Never a wrong time for censorship, I always say.

Originally Posted by kalnaren

Funny thing is that the term "God particle" never in fact had any real religious background... it was actually a misquote by the media; in house the Higgs Bosun was referenced as "that goddamned particle". True story.

The more you know.

From the National Post:

Exactly.... "God particle" is a contraction!

http://www.wimp.com/higgsboson/

a good explanation even I could understand.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ed-in-america/

I followed this some at the time. Was it a reflection of our being willing to give up leadership in science? Was it that there were more needy causes to be funded at the time? I don't know. In considering the argument that the USA is supposed to do big things, what lesson does this teach us?