Yeah...

 

lets go there.

Emphasis on miracle.

Why atoms are the Universe’s greatest miracle

APRIL 12, 2023

"The humble atom is one of the simplest structures in all the Universe, with a tiny, massive nucleus of protons and neutrons orbited by much lighter electrons. And yet, perhaps the most miraculous property of our Universe is that it allows the existence of these atoms, which in turn make up some pretty amazing things, including us. Are atoms truly the greatest miracle in all of existence? By the end of this article, you just might be convinced"

(Alright, just time to say it right here:

The uncreated creator had a plan in mind when he:

1) designed the universe, 

2) when he created the universe

3) and when he set the events in motion that would lead us to where we are today.

Matter is primary.

Period.

It shows intention.

Time, space, energy and matter are all interconnected and dependent upon one another, (think a three legged stool that needs to be put together), but without the INTENTION of matter being of primary importance in those relationships? Then there is no need for the others or the laws of nature to exist.

Consider:

If you dont have matter?

Then you dont need the space in which to put it.

You dont have the need to know when things were created, or how long they have existed.

You dont need the energy to put it all together.

And you dont need the laws of nature (physics) to govern it's existence in space and time.

Matter alone is what was primarily intended from the outset.

Genesis 1:27

("AND YET, PERHAPS THE MOST MIRACULOUS PROPERTY OF OUR UNIVERSE IS THAT IT ALLOWS THE EXISTENCE OF THESE ATOMS, WHICH IN TURN MAKE UP SOME PRETTY AMAZING THINGS, INCLUDING US")

."Although the literal Greek word “ἄτομος” — meaning “uncuttable” — doesn’t quite apply to atoms, being that they’re made of protons, neutrons, and electrons, any attempt to “divide” the atom further causes it to lose its essence: the fact that it’s a certain, specific element on the periodic table. That’s the essential property that allows it to build up all of the complex structures that exist within our observed reality: the number of protons contained within its atomic nucleus."

"An atom is such a small thing that if you were to count up the total number of atoms contained within a single human body, you’d have to count up to somewhere around 10 to the 28 power: more than a million times as great as the number of stars within the entire visible Universe. And yet, just the very fact that we, ourselves, are made of atoms is perhaps the greatest miracle in the entire Universe."

("Well I just don't believe it!"

Then they go to church on Sunday and holler "Amen!" 

when the preacher quotes from 

Matthew 19:26

"...but with God all things are possible."

Get it right now, come on.

Either you believe:

"with God all things are possible"

Which makes the number of Atoms in our body 

"more than a million times as great 

as the number of stars within the entire visible Universe."

Or you don't.

So which is it?

It's decision time, it really is:

Revelation 3:16

So then because thou art lukewarm, 

and neither cold nor hot, 

I will spue (spit, as in "with force") thee out of my mouth.)

"Whether in an atom, molecule, or ion, the transitions of electrons from a higher energy level to a lower energy level will result in the emission of radiation at a very particular wavelength defined by the fundamental constants. If these constants changed, so would the properties of atoms throughout the Universe."

(i.e., gravity, the speed of light, numerous others etc...)

(Regardless of how many you think there are? 

Some say 13, some 19, some might say 30.)

You might wanna stop and consider:

Why do we have them?

Where did they come from?

How did they get their;

"information"

as to the manner in which they should exist/operate?)

"It’s a simple fact that the humble atom is what’s at the core of all the matter we know of within the Universe..."

(It shows God's intention on creating us and putting us in his wonderous creation.

Genesis1:26-27)

"...from plain old hydrogen gas to humans, planets, stars, and more. Everything that’s made up of normal matter within our Universe — whether solid, liquid, or gas — is made of atoms. Even plasmas, found in very high-energy conditions or in the sparse depths of intergalactic space, are simply atoms that have been stripped of one or more electrons. Atoms themselves are very simple entities, but even with such simple properties, they can assemble to make complex combinations that truly boggle the imagination."

Isaiah 55:8-9

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

    neither are your ways my ways,”

declares the Lord.

“As the heavens are higher than the earth,

    so are my ways higher than your ways

    and my thoughts than your thoughts."

"The behavior of atoms is truly remarkable. Consider the following.

"They’re made up of a small, massive, positively charged nucleus, and orbited by a large, low-mass, diffuse cloud of negatively charged electrons."

"When you bring them close to one another, atoms polarize one another and attract, leading to them either sharing electrons together (covalently) or to one atom siphoning one-or-more electrons (ionically) off of the other."

"When multiple atoms bind together, they can create molecules (covalently) or salts (ionically), which can be as simple as having only two atoms bound together or as complex as having several million atoms bound together."

"Molecules, examples of particles of matter linked up into complex configurations, attain the shapes and structures that they do owing primarily to the electromagnetic forces that exist between their constituent atoms and electrons. The variety of structures that can be created is almost limitless."

(Again, how did the four fundamental forces know in which order to peel themselves off of each other from?

Sorry its cropped lol. 

But without gravity 1st?

There's would be no atoms formed.

Without the strong nuclear force second?

There's nothing to hold the atomic nucleus together with.

(Stuck together with God's glue the U2 song says :-).

Without electromagnetism? 

There is no Molecules and thus no matter.

And the weak nuclear force is decay and eventually death which isn't what we are talking about here.

But the scientific fact that those forces peeled off from one another in the order they did? Shows a transcendent force in action. There was a plan from the start, and it's pretty obvious or things wouldn't have happened like they did and besides the book says so. See Genesis 1:26-27 again.)

"Atoms assemble with one another to make molecules: bound states of atoms that fold together in almost innumerable sets of configurations, and that can then interact with one another in a variety of ways. Link a large number of amino acids together and you get a protein, capable of carrying out a number of important biochemical functions. Add an ion onto a protein, and you get an enzyme, capable of changing the bond structure of a variety of molecules."

"And if you construct a chain of nucleic acids in just the right order, and you can encode both the construction of an arbitrary number of proteins and enzymes, as well as to make copies of yourself. With the right configuration, an assembled set of atoms will compose a living organism."

(Even more evidence of  a transcendent  entity acting upon his creation besides the four fundamental forces of nature peeling off from one another in the correct order:

Submitted for your approval:

"Link a large number of amino acids together"...

it cant just be any "large number of amino acids" it has to be the right ones and in the right order.

"and you get a protein, capable of carrying out a number of important biochemical functions."

Again, they have to do so in the right order and with the right amounts.

"Add an ion onto a protein, and you get an enzyme, capable of changing the bond structure of a variety of molecules."

(By now? Is it not seeming like an outside force knew the recipe ahead of time?)

"And if you construct a chain of nucleic acids in just the right order"

(You seeing all the haphazardness in this?

Yeah me neither.

Sarcasm BTW.)

"and you can encode both the construction of an arbitrary number of proteins and enzymes"

Where did the encoding come from then?

Information is as far as we know, 

or can observe, 

or have observed to date? 

Is always a sign of cognizant/rational/sentient intelligence. 

I challenge any one to go find an example of where it isn't. You wont find it. It doesn't exist and it exist here in this situation as well, in the form of a transcendent entity acting upon his creation 

(Theism.)

Ty so much Stephen C. Meyer for your book "The return of the God Hypothesis" and whatever philosopher it was that who postulated:  Information is always a sign of cognizant/rational/sentient intelligence. I'm not reading 400+ pages again just to find his name lol. I'm sure somebody will tell me in again here in the near future. Maybe Stephen C Meyer himself :-). Lets hope,)

"Although human beings are made of cells, at a more fundamental level, we’re made of atoms. All told, there are close to ~10^28 atoms in a human body, mostly hydrogen by number but mostly oxygen and carbon by mass."

(Atoms are 99.9999999999996% empty space. "at a more fundamental level, we’re made of atoms" 

And?

You can see for yourselves in that graphic above just how lil we get to actually experience out of the totality of what we know that exist. No room for spirituality in your world view? Makes perfect sense. sarcasm again yall. BTW? "Bees, for example, use ultraviolet light to detect patterns on flowers. Some snakes use infrared light to detect the body heat of their prey.")

(A big reason I am posting this:

"If all of human knowledge were someday wiped out in some grand apocalypse, but there were still intelligent survivors who remained, simply passing on the knowledge of atoms to them would go an incredibly long way toward helping them not only make sense the world around them, but to begin down the path of reconstructing the laws of physics and the full suite of the behavior of matter."

(I read this on April 12th.

"If all of human knowledge were someday wiped out in some grand apocalypse, but there were still intelligent survivors who remained..."

Hit me like a ton of bricks like things do sometimes.

Then?

Then this:

Alien motherships: Pentagon official floats a theory for unexplained sightings

That was two days later.

(Keep in mind not that long ago I was thinking about Genesis 6 and it's "angel" interpretation when it came over me why I have a briefcase full of notes from every sermon (among other things) I have heard the last 5? 6 Years? I didn't even know why I started taking notes, I just started one day and now I do so without even thinking about it. I sat right there and said, "Now that briefcase full of notes over there makes perfect sense to me." As does "The encyclopedia of knowledge" (along with social commentary etc :-) that I have written over the years. That may not make much sense to you, but it makes perfect sense to me and a few others.)

"The knowledge of atoms would lead, very swiftly, to a reconstruction of the periodic table. The knowledge that there were “interesting” things in the microscopic world would lead to the discovery of cells, of organelles, and then of molecules and their atomic constituents. Chemical reactions between molecules and the associated changes in configurations would lead to the discovery of both how to store energy as well as how to liberate it, both biologically as well as inorganically."

"What took human civilization hundreds of thousands of years to achieve could be re-discovered in a single human lifetime, and would bring fascinating hints of more to come when properties like radioactivity or the interaction possibilities between light and matter were discovered as well."

(Lets just talk about the periodic table of elements here for a bit.

Thats every element we know that exist.

The periodic table

"...is a graphic formulation of the periodic law, which states that the properties of the chemical elements exhibit an approximate periodic dependence on their atomic numbers. The table is divided into four roughly rectangular areas called blocks. The rows of the table are called periods, and the columns are called groups. Elements from the same group of the periodic table show similar chemical characteristics. Trends run through the periodic table, with nonmetallic character (keeping their own electrons) increasing from left to right across a period, and from down to up across a group, and metallic character (surrendering electrons to other atoms) increasing in the opposite direction. The underlying reason for these trends is electron configurations of atoms."

I got a book lol.

Go figure right?

:-).

Actual it was my sons but I hijacked it lol.

We got it for free when the library was getting rid of some stuff.

And in this book one of the authors of a piece in it ask:

Can you haphazardly throw together:

Sugar

Flour

a fruit of your choice

Butter

baking powder

and

milk?

With no predetermined amounts what so ever, 

and just however much of any you want to combine?

Could you put that in whatever dish you wanted?

Put it in the oven 

at any temperature?

and for any duration you saw fit?

and have a reasonable expectation that you would have a perfectly brown delicious cherry cobbler whenever you decided it was time to take it out of the oven?

No. No you couldn't/shouldn't have: 

"a reasonable expectation that you would have a perfectly brown delicious cherry cobbler"

I mean that would be nuts right?

So how in the world?

Are you going to argue that this was some kind of random accident?

See boys and girls

Back in the day?

Science and faith weren't presented in such a

"diametrically opposed"

fashion as we experience them today.

Here is the book:

 Published January 1, 1958

40 (Interesting number :-) lil pieces 

put together by scientist supporting:

"The Evidence of God in an expanding universe"

The question for me becomes thus :-),

 

(and yes I used that word on purpose :-) 

Somebody knows why, 

I'll just leave it at that:-).

But the question I wanna know is:

 Since 1958?

Why?

Have science and faith been depicted as polar opposites of each other?

 When they so clearly weren't depicted in that manner beforehand?

As Stephen C Meyer states so well in The return of the god hypothesis, we wouldn't have science in its current form if people, (Newton, Descartes and others) didn't start out with the intention of finding evidence of God in the reality we experience and they found such in the laws of nature they help discover /refine/ bring along etc. So to ascertain that science and faith are mutually exclusive of one another is just a bunch of hooey that serves Satan's purpose(s). He is out to take as many with him on his road to destruction as he can.

.

Don't be deceived indeed.

(Apparently it's U2 day around here or something lol.

And not "everything you know"

But everything you thought you knew.

Great song BTW :-)

And the answer to that question is fairly obvious.

(To some of us anyway)

The more you know about the reality you are living in? And about the laws that govern the large and small scale structures in it?

The more there can only be one conclusion:

There is one God.

(A gaggle of Gods are gonna come to an agreement on 30 fundamental constants? Really? Interesting...come explain it to me, plz.)

(Who had one son, 

and I'll just assume you know the rest...

if not ask somebody, and soon.)

Who acts upon his creation.

And Satan knows all of this.

And that is why 

he sat out to have science and faith 

presented as polar opposites when in fact:

"The Supremacy of Christ"

Colossians 1:16

For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, (very important) whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. 

That means science too y'all.

(Real science, 

not non-empirical, 

non observation based conjecture

as some would have you believe.

)

And?

Revelation 12:12

Therefore, rejoice, you heavens,

    and you who dwell in them.

But woe to you, earth and sea,

    for the Devil has come down to you in great fury,

    for he knows he has but a short time.”

Satan doesn't want you to know the truth.

John 8:44

"...When he lies, 

he speaks his native language, 

for he is a liar 

and the father of lies."

He knows what you will decide when you do know the truth.

Thats even more evidence of the time that is fastly approaching.)

"Discovering that atoms could have different masses from one another but could still retain their elemental properties would lead not only to the discovery of isotopes, but would help investigators discover that atomic nuclei were composed of two different types of particles: protons (with positive charges) as well as (uncharged) neutrons.

This is more profound than almost anyone realizes, at first pass. Within the atomic nucleus, there are:

two types of component particle,

of almost-but-not-quite 

identical masses to one another,

where the lighter one has a positive charge 

and the heavier one has a neutral charge,

and that the full nucleus is orbited by electrons:

 particles that have the equal-and-opposite charge 

that a proton has, 

and that have a smaller mass 

than the mass difference between the proton and the neutron inside the nucleus.

Where, 

if you take a free proton, 

it will be stable.

And if you take a free electron, 

it, too, will be stable.

And then, if you take a free neutron, it won’t be stable, 

but will decay into a proton, 

an electron, 

and (perhaps) a third, neutral particle."

I know, it's confusing etc...but I had to include it because:

"That small realization, 

all of a sudden, 

would teach you a tremendous amount 

about 

the fundamental nature of reality.

First, it would immediately tell you that there must be some additional force that exists between protons and/or neutrons than the electromagnetic force. The existence of deuterium, for example (an isotope of hydrogen with 1 proton and 1 neutron) tells us that some sort of attractive force between protons and neutrons exists, and that it cannot be explained by either electromagnetism (since neutrons are neutral) or gravity (because the gravitational force is too weak to explain this binding). Some sort of nuclear binding force must be present."

(Stuck together with Gods Glue :-)

"In other words, just from discovering that atomic nuclei contain both protons and neutrons, the existence of the strong nuclear force — or something very much like it — becomes a necessity."

(Again, how did it know to peel off from "the unified force" after gravity exactly? 

Where did that "information" come from again?

I got a chair at my table.

Ready for anybody to come explain it to me.

I mean, can you not see the blueprint for life 

being unfolded right in front of your eyes by this point?)

"In order to have a Universe with many types of atoms, we needed our reality to exhibit a certain set of properties."

(Well golly gee willickers we just happened to have them, 

How in the world did that happen exactly?)

"The proton and neutron must be extremely close in mass: so close that the bound state of a proton-and-neutron together — i.e., a deuteron — must be lower in mass than two protons individually.'

(Accident I'm sure.)

"The electron must be less massive than the mass difference between the proton and the neutron, otherwise the neutron would be completely stable."

(Accident I'm sure.)

"Furthermore, the electron must be much, much lighter than either the proton or neutron. If it were of comparable mass, atoms would not only be much smaller (along with all the associated structures built out of atoms), but the electron would spend so much time inside the atomic nucleus that the spontaneous reaction of a proton fusing with an electron to produce a neutron would be fast and likely, and that nearby atoms would spontaneously fuse together even under room-temperature conditions. (We see this with laboratory-created muonic hydrogen.)"

(Accident I'm sure.)

"And finally, the energies achieved in stars must be sufficient for the atomic nuclei inside them to undergo nuclear fusion, but it cannot be the case that heavier and heavier atomic nuclei are always more stable, otherwise we’d wind up with a Universe filled with ultra-heavy, ultra-large atomic nuclei.

The existence of a Universe rich with a variety of atoms, but dominated by hydrogen, demands all of these factors."

(Which is exactly what we have...Accident I'm sure. I mean please...

Fine-tuned universe

"The characterization of the universe as finely tuned suggests that the occurrence of life in the universe is very sensitive to the values of certain fundamental physical constants and that the observed values are, for some reason, improbable. If the values of any of certain free parameters in contemporary physical theories had differed only slightly from those observed, the evolution of the universe would have proceeded very differently and life as it is understood may not have been possible."

I reiterate: the uncreated creator had intention for his greatest creation (man) to enjoy life with him in his creation. The fact that the universe even exist, let along the fact that we exist in it, is a miracle in itself and he (the uncreated creator) thinks it's proof enough of his exitance for you: 

Psalm 19:

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.)

"The anatomy of a very massive star throughout its life, culminating in a Type II Supernova when the core runs out of nuclear fuel. The final stage of fusion is typically silicon-burning, producing iron and iron-like elements in the core for only a brief while before a supernova ensues. Many of the elements found throughout the Universe, including iron, silicon, sulfur, cobalt, nickel and more, are primarily created inside the cores of massive stars such as this one."

(If the universe didn't have the fundamental constants right? Then You wouldn't have this. It shows once again the cycle of life exhibited in the four fundamental forces peeling off of each other such that:

Gravity = Birth

Strong Nuclear force = growth

Electromagnetism = peak.

And Weak nuclear force = decay/death

Yeah...come at me with where did the life cycle we see everywhere come from? Love to hear it...After that? We can get into where did math come, consciousness, and a whole list of things really...)

"If an intelligent being from another Universe were to encounter us and our reality for the very first time, perhaps the very first thing we’d want to make them aware of was this fact: that we’re made of atoms. That within everything that’s composed of matter in this Universe are tiny, little entities — atoms — that still retain the essential characteristic properties that belong only to that specific species of atom. That you can vary the weight of the nuclei inside these atoms and still get the same type of atom, but if you vary their charge, you’ll get an entirely different atom. And that these atoms are all orbited by the number of negatively charged electrons required to precisely balance the positive charge within the nucleus."

"By looking at how these atoms behave and interact, we can understand almost every molecular and macroscopic phenomenon that emerges from them. By looking at the internal components of these atoms and how they assemble themselves 

(How did they know to? Where did the information come from?), 

we can learn about the fundamental particles, forces, and interactions that are the very basis of our reality. If there were only one piece of information to pass on to a surviving group of humans in a post-apocalyptic world, there might be no piece of information as valuable as the mere fact that we’re all made of atoms. In some sense, it’s the most miraculous property of all pertaining to our Universe."

You may not believe me when I tell you I know now why I started taking notes on sermons a few years back, or why I specifically have a briefcase full of them ready to go in a moments notice right now... 

But I know why...

and what I know trumps what you think.

Queue up the u2 song:

"I'm at a place called Vertigo (¿dónde está?)

It's everything I wish I didn't know"

It's why the scroll is bitter.

Eating the words at first was sweet when I first saw the gift and knew what was coming years out...

It makes it easy to think you're special when you're really not, It's the "Charge", the "Commission" that's special. Not the people carrying it out.

But then comes the destruction of so many souls that didn't have to be...and so it becomes bitter. 

I'm going to do everything I can to try and get this message out to as many as possible. I think enough people have seen evidence of that by now.

People dont have to go the route to their souls eternal destruction they are on, science (Cosmology/ Microbiology/ and Quantum Physics), your logical/rational brain, and a 3000 year old book all point in the same direction.

Revelation 10:9-10.

So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, “Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter.

Godspeed everybody.

I love you honey :-).