The Origin of the Universe

The Origin of

The Universe

  This is perhaps the greatest question posed by man and the only answer that he has found to be adequate is that it was created by God and the means by which He achieved this is open to the greatest amount of controversy imaginable.

If God is light, then the point of creation must have been the first pinpoint of light.

This idea perfectly corresponds to the theological concept of God being light and the first thing created being light.  In the Book of Genesis it says ...and God said let there be light ... on the first day of creation.

In scientific terms, the concept of light, being at the center of creation, and as such, the center of the universe, again perfectly corresponds to the ideas of the theologians.

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, the smallest particle of anything has been the atom.  This, from the Greek word ‘atmos’ means, ‘that which cannot be divided’.   In more recent times we have discovered that the atom can be subdivided into smaller particles, the proton, the positive charge of energy which together with its neutral counterbalance forms the nucleus or mass of the atom.  The third component of this trinity of matter is the electron, which is the negatively charged particle which spins round the nucleus at unimaginable speed.

The mind blowing fact is that every proton, neutron and electron in the universe is the same, which in reality means that I am made from the same matter as the word processor on which I am writing this passage.  This concept is appreciated in the ancient teachings of Buddhism.

However, the next mind-blowing factor that we have to appreciate is that in more recent times, scientists have made the fantastic discovery that protons, neutrons and electrons are not the smallest particles, for they have discovered that the protons themselves comprise a miniature universe of photons.

Photons are no more than particles of light.   Consequently everything in the universe is made from light which is a theological principle which now has the backing of science! However, how does this give us the answer to the question as to how the universe originated.

In short it does not.  If by definition, the universe is everything, then we are asking ourselves to imagine a time when there was quite literally nothing. This is an impossibility, for something cannot be made from nothing, unless we translate everything to pure thought.

Then we come down to the hypothesis ... are we the result of pure thought?  If so there must be a being or entity that is generating this.  If this is so then it puts forward a very good case for there being a divine being that is our creator and the creator of the universe!

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