In an earlier blog I stated that 75% of the mass of our universe remains undetectable and unexplained. The mass of the universe can be deduced by dividing the volume of the universe (known) by its average density (also known and consistent across the universe).
Only 25% of all matter is accounted for as mass or energy. The rest is what scientists call “Dark Matter”, meaning that it is unexplained.
Into the debate comes what is called the God Particle. The elusive matter is described all or at least partly described, by the elusive, Higgs Boson, a discrete particle that briefly influences the formation of all matter. Scientists have constructed the most sophisticated and expensive experiment in the world to find that elusive particle.
The LHC or Large Hadron Collider, near Geneva on the Swiss/French border, is effectively a long, circular tunnel where particles are accelerated close to the speed of light (Einstein argued that matter cannot reach or exceed the speed of light). The particles, thus accelerated, are then collided into particles traveling in the opposite direction. Very large, expensive, exquisite instruments are used to measure or observe what happens in the moment of collision.
The collider features in the Dan Brown book/movie, Angels and Demons, where it is used to extract a sample of anti-matter, a form of matter that exists in minute concentrations alongside normal matter, but which is, as the name suggests, the antithesis of matter. It is immensely destructive when it comes into contact with matter and may yet be harnessed to fuel future space vehicles.
Theists and atheists have been at each other for ages, in a desperate bid to prove or disprove the existence of God. The leading scientist of our age, Stephen Hawking, is a major icon of the pagan position, because he refutes a theistic position – his wife, a Christian, left him largely because of his stance. Atheists are digging to profound depths to disprove God and maybe the LHC is a super-effort to achieve that objective – it has never been stated as such, but who knows what dark forces are at work behind it all.
My view is that what now darkens the minds of scientists is actually a profound light. Like the temple of ancient Israel, a veil darkens our understanding and inhibits our access to God, who is hidden behind swirling mists of mystery, but just beyond our veil of reasoning will be a glorious unveiling of truth and irrefutable evidence. That door, once opened, will be something that many will want to close again. Just as the tree in the garden revealed the knowledge of sin and corrupted creation, so the knowledge that God will reveal beyond the current veil of knowledge, will restore truth and condemn lies.
What do you think? Will God allow His own mystique to be bared to science? Well He did bare His life to us on a cross, so maybe He is willing to expose all mystery to humankind – who knows? It is, however, an intriguing idea.
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