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Why God Created Electricity

It seems appropriate that the bible

would start at the very beginning.

The first verse,

of the first chapter,

of the first book

of the bible

says

GENESIS 1:1

“In the beginning,

God created the Heavens and the Earth”

Let’s think about that first sentence…

Moses probably wasn't trying to write a

Science Book

but that first sentence suggests a lot.

The word

“Beginning”

suggests the concept of

TIME



The word

“Earth”


MATTER

(substance)

The word

“Heavens”


SPACE

(a place to put it)

Is it any wonder

that scientists ALSO see

our environment

As a universe of

SPACE

and

MATTER

?

Unwinding its way through

TIME

?

And that it had a

beginning

?

That it started with

a bang

?

Is it valid to think that the

first verse

in

the bible

could also mean

"Time

began

when

God

created

Space

and

Matter"

?



That first sentence also suggests that

If God exists

then God exists

OUTSIDE

the creation.

That seems important to me.

They are distinct.

It means that even without

the creation

God

would still be

God

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Let’s think about

the creation

WHAT IS IT?

And more importantly,

WHY IS IT?

Some people believe that

everything is accidental.

A

crazy

random

happenstance

but others believe

God had a Motive.

The

bible

says something else

about

THE

BEGINNING

JOHN 1:1

In the beginning,



the Word was

with God,

and the Word

was God.

Trying to interpret that sentence

using the everyday English word

“Word”

is difficult to

understand

The “word” was God?

But the un-translated

Greek Word

is

“Logos”

The Greek word

logos

means

“The Reason”

or

“The Underlying Motive"

That makes it more meaningful to me.

God

is the

underlying principle

behind it all.

It makes me wonder about

the creation

I wonder about

the motive

Logos

Logic

Why Did He Do It?

If God is Real,

What does He want a creation for?

I think I can get closer

to addressing the



WHY IS IT?

question

by better understanding the

WHAT IS IT?

question

For

WHAT IT IS

I have to turn to

Science

Some would object!

On the fact that many

Scientific Theories

are

proven wrong

or

have to be revised

at a later date.

They might say

"Our understanding of

the world

evolves

with each

new discovery

And so,

belief in

science

is

unreliable,

because it

changes."

(right?)

I disagree with that.

I maintain that

most of the

mistakes

are on the

frontiers

of

science



where scientists are working in

Unknown Territory

Trying to understand

and interpret

the

NEW

But there’s a lot

we

KNOW

For certain.

As well as can be known.

Science is taking the

known

applying it to the

unknown,

predicting the

result

and

learning

whatever comes of it.

It is my assumption that

God didn’t give us

Reasoning Minds

and expect us NOT to use them.

He doesn’t

test

our faith

by planting

false evidence.

He isn’t trying to

trick

us

I believe,

If there IS a God

He is Truth.

but

back

to

The Question…



WHAT is the Creation?

Let’s start with the basics.

One of the

foundational

building blocks

of science

is our understanding of

atoms and the elements.

It’s no stretch of the imagination

to realize that although

Glass and Water

are both

clear

they’re made of

different materials.

We know that

Gold is heavier than Helium.

We discover that

Copper conducts electricity

and Rubber doesn’t.

We learn that

Iron is magnetic

and Aluminum isn’t.

Some things are known!

Science and Faith

are not

conflicting

on these subjects.

So let’s think about

what we know,

or at least our

best understanding.

In our working model of

the world,

the atom

is the smallest amount of any

material.

An

atom

has a glob of particles in the center called

the nucleus

which is composed of



protons and neutrons

and

the nucleus in the center

is surrounded by

a field of electrons

A "well-balanced" atom will have

one electron

for every

proton.

A proton has a

positive charge

and an electron has a

negative charge

so the charges are balanced.

The universe is always striving for

Balance

Atoms

of different materials are the

same size

but what makes

different materials

different

is that they have a

different number of protons

in the

nucleus

and thus have

different

Mass

and

weight

Different materials

are called

Elements

A chart of all of the

different types of

atoms

is called

The

Periodic Table



of the

Elements

Helium

is an element that has

two

protons in the nucleus

Oxygen

is an element that has

eight

protons in the nucleus,

so Oxygen is

heavier

than Helium

Simple.

(elementary!)

When you see a picture of

an atom

it is usually drawn like a

cluster of balls

in the center,

with electrons in orbit

around it

like

planets

around the sun

But they really aren’t much like

planets.

They’re more like

points.



Points

of

electric charge.

If an Atom was

blown up

to the size of a big

football stadium,

The Electrons

would be around the outer edge

of the top row of seats,

each one

smaller

than

a

pinhead

and

The nucleus would be a

cluster

in the

center

of the field

smaller

than

peas

What’s all the stuff

between

the

pinheads

and the

peas?

Nothing!

What you don’t see in

The Drawings

of

Atoms

is the amount of

Empty Space



between

the electric charges

and

the nucleus

Not air.

just…

EMPTINESS

Like more than

99.999%

emptiness.

So if you removed

electricity,

If you cancelled out the

electric charges,

What’s left would be

almost

Nothing

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A college professor of mine

saw me leaning against the wall one day,

and as he passed by

he slowed down

long enough to say,

(and this is his quote)

“If you don’t understand

that when you are

leaning

against

a wall,

that it is really

electrical fields

pushing back at you,

then you don’t know how

the world

works”.

That comment had a lasting effect on me,

because

it’s easy to understand



that

the outer shell of atoms

are

electrons

so

we can only

touch

the electron field

but

Until That Day

I had never really

thought about

the fact

of the

matter

That the whole world is an

electro-magnetic

structure

What we are

leaning against

or

standing on

or

sitting on

or

lying on

or

being propped up by

is

electro-magnetic fields

(and gravity pulling us toward them)

The more I think about that comment,

the more profound it seems to me.

Anyway,

We’ve used this

atomic model

and

Periodic Table

of



elements

to describe most of everything in

the physical world;

everything from

why the sun burns the way it does

to

how photosynthesis works.

(and a whole lot of other stuff)

It Works

The more we learn about reality

the more it resembles an

electrical structure.

Suspending the finest wisps of

material

imaginable.

If

God

wanted to

end it all

an interesting way to do it

would be to simply

cancel

the effect of

electricity

The universe would collapse

into a mist of the tiniest particles

Ashes to Ashes,

Dust to Dust.

that

God

could simply

cancel

electric fields

to dissolve the world

is just

speculation

on my part.

It's more likely that

His Way

will be nothing like



what I could

imagine.

The point is,

that to the best of our

understanding,

a large part of what we

perceive

is interacting

ELECTRICAL FIELDS

operating at different

strengths

and

frequencies

A Matrix

If electricity ceased to exist,

the universe couldn’t

BE

Invisible forces like

GRAVITY

and

ELECTROMAGNETISM

hold everything together

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Let's turn our

attention

to the way we

PERCEIVE

the world.

What triggers our

eyes to see

and our

ears to hear

are

FREQUENCIES

The perceptions in our brains

are running on electrical impulses.

When we are hearing

sound

we are converting the

pressure waves

that are hitting our ears

at different frequencies.

An eardrum is just a tiny membrane

that’s vibrating.

The vibrations are sent

Into The Brain

along nerves

operating on

electrical impulses

and our brain does a phenomenal job

of converting those

vibrations

into

meaning

Symphonies

danger signals

and

conversation

are some of the

meanings

assigned to various

vibrations

of your

eardrum



What you are

seeing

with your

eyes

are

light waves

hitting your

eyeballs

at different

frequencies

The cells in your

retina

are converting the

frequency

of the

waves

into

electrical signals

which are carried along your

optic nerve

to your brain

and your

BRAIN

is mapping those

electrical signals

into

colors,

building a

mental picture

out of the light

your eyes are detecting.

So here’s an

Interesting Question;

Do substances REALLY have

different colors?

OR



is it just the way the

light waves

are being

interpreted

by your

brain

?

Consider this example:

pure carbon atoms

can take the form of

a lump of graphite,

which is

black and opaque

and

pure carbon atoms

can also be in the form of

a diamond

which is

clear and transparent

But they are both

EXACTLY

the same substance

Pure Carbon

The

light

reflected

by the two different

carbon structures

is affecting the

retinal cells

in your eyes

in different ways,

and

your brain

trying to make an

accurate model

of what your senses are

detecting

even though you are looking at



the exact same material

in both cases

Well,

let’s not waste time

wondering whether

color

is just a figment of our own

imaginations

because

common sense

tells us that

most of us

are seeing

the world

in a similar way,

which is what really matters.

We can compare notes to discover

that generally,

graphite and diamonds

look the same

to both of us.

We share a common experience of

how we’re

perceiving

The World.

So the question itself is not important,

but its interesting to think about

What’s Really Going On

behind the scenes.

When you consider the

reality

of the

situation,

You realize that

Your Brain

is literally floating

in the dark

Think about it.

your brain

is totally



closed off

from the

rest of the world

except for

a few

tiny

little

openings

for

blood flow

and

nerves

Except for those

little ports,

your brain

is

separated from

the rest of the world

It’s surrounded by a

thick protective skull

of bone

and

suspended

in a nice warm liquid

The reality is:

Your brain

is

floating

in the dark

constantly

updating

a

Mental Model

of what

The World

is like

based on

Electrical Inputs



This concept might be

difficult to comprehend

because everything seems

So Real

We’re stuck in the simulation.

"The World"

is an

electrically-based

structure

and

your

understanding

of

"The World"

is an

electrically-based

interpretation

of it

in

your

brain

Mastering

the

True Reality

behind it

might look like

Miracles

to the ordinary

But don’t get me wrong,

my goal is not to belittle

creation

by making it seem

less

than it is.

No.

Just the opposite.

Life is a Miracle

and the logic behind it

is endlessly fascinating to me.



-=-=-=-

I’ve only been describing the fact

that the universe is

electrical

in nature,

BUT

the title of this little essay is

“Why God Created Electricity”

What’s the purpose of it?

WHY?

The first question I ask myself is,

If God wanted companions,

Why didn't he just create us

In His Presence

?

One answer might be

that by being

created

in

His presence,

it is more difficult to

know

who is there

By Choice.

For example:

If you have always been

wealthy,

it is difficult to know

who your real friends are

and who is merely

attracted

to

The Wealth.

By being created

AWAY

from God



to begin with,

it becomes

OUR CHOICE

if we decide to be

with Him.

This preserves

Our

Individuality

I think it also provides

a way

for us to discover

ourselves.

Being trapped in this body

keeps us distinct

as

individuals

long enough

to mature.

We can think of

Our Bodies

as

Temporary Containers

an

"Earthen Vessel"

or a

"Jar of Clay"

I see

the world

as kind of

a womb

for

spirit

in

Physical Community

Then we are

born into

the next life

of

spirit



in

Spiritual Community.

If

a

spiritual

existence

and the

presence

of God

was

proven

and

undeniable

then only the

insane

would refuse it

so

God

separates

Himself

from

US

to

allow

our

freedom

to

decide

for

ourselves

In my belief,

the primary purpose of

the world

is to give each individual

a chance

at

Free Will

and

Individuality

allowing

each of us

to make



our own

decision

Hopefully

our bodies last

long enough

for us

to find

God

and to start

a relationship

with

Him

before it is

too

late

-=-=-=-

I hoped to get people's

interest

by using the title,

"Why Did God Create Electricity?"

The real point I wanted to make

was that

I think God used

electricity

to create a temporary

"holding area"

for us

The World

is

a place

for us to

mature

as individuals

preparing ourselves

for a more

intimate

communal experience

in the

Kingdom



WHO

among us

will

SEEK

Him

?

I also believe

that this

Initial Separation

From Him

serves to

identify

the people

who are

not willing

to participate

in a

future

community

With Him

Who

among us

will

DESIRE

His

Companionship

?

-=-=-=-

Thanks for sharing

this time with me

and

May God Bless You

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