God oversees all of creation. He keeps the electrons in their tracks and monitors their speed. With this kind of thinking we need to be careful to avoid pantheism where God is everything and everything is God. Creation is the material universe that God created out of nothing and outside Himself. He designed it to be managed. Think about spinning a top. Eventually it slows down and falls over. The same does not happen with the electrons spinning around the nucleus in every atom. It could be like the mechanical watches where the spring gives just a bit of a push each cycle. God does that.
I don’t think He sits there with a finger behind each electron. I think almost everything is designed to function without supervision. Think of the three types of muscle in the human body. There is voluntary muscle, also called skeletal. There is cardiac muscle, totally involuntary. There is involuntary like the intestines. Then you have things like the lungs that function automatically most of the time but can also be influenced.
Perhaps the universe has similar divisions. I am not committed to three. There may even be more than three types of muscles but you get the idea.
The key point that most people have trouble with is the God factor. He is in control. He can choose to push, pull or just watch, but He is in control.
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Sunday, February 6, 2022
Opus 2022-051: Pushing Electrons
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I've always believed that ultimately God is in control. But must admit I've often wondered if He could, or would, "push or pull" to remove the cancer molecule/bateria/virus from the world...or is He just "watching" to see if the brains He blessed humans with can find a cure on their own?????
ReplyDeleteThe paradox to me evolves down to the issue of free will. I believe in His sovereignty God has given us the genuine ability to make decisions. If we are going to be free to make choices then there must be bad choices. Thus sin enters the picture and all that it involves.
DeleteBut I guess the bigger picture involves us using our minds and that I think is also part of the package. Will we find a cure? It is possible. And then it will be on to the next problem because science is never settled.
Grace and peace
True, science always "evolves" as earth life changes, as brains learn....Tonight I hear Iran is very close to developing nuclear weapons. I wonder, sometimes, if God isn't a bit sorry for the humans/brains he created??? If I get to meet God one day, I think I might ask this question.....I know..it all goes back to the "fruit and the asp" and "free will".
ReplyDeleteRemember He already used the flood and I believe promised the fire next time. Iranian nukes, anyone?
DeleteGrace and peace