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| Higgs boson; The "God Particle" | |
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| Topic Started: Friday, 16. December 2011, 22:23 (407 Views) | |
| Mairtin | Tuesday, 20. December 2011, 16:47 Post #16 |
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The Big Bang theory is credited to a Belgian priest, Fr. Georges Lemaître. When Pope Pius XII first heard about it, he became very excited, seeing it as scientific verification of Catholic teaching. Fr. Lemaître had to write to him and diplomatically calm him down, pointing out that the theory could be interpreted either as verification of God or simply further evidence of entirely natural causes. |
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| PJD | Wednesday, 21. December 2011, 18:45 Post #17 |
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If I remember correctly, centuries ago, Aquinas defined all bodily excperiences as material - including the thought, imagination, memory etc. So presumably if he were with us now he would back up the Higgs thing; and may even remark 'told you so'. PJD Edited by PJD, Wednesday, 21. December 2011, 18:46.
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| pete | Friday, 6. July 2012, 23:22 Post #18 |
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Thanks’ for putting me back on track Rose; it was way over my head Mairtin, must be my age, even though the media was full of the God particle this week I never put the two together.
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| Rose of York | Friday, 6. July 2012, 23:42 Post #19 |
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God is not an unnatural cause. He is natural, in fact, he is more than that, he is supernatural. Does that make sense? |
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| OsullivanB | Saturday, 7. July 2012, 00:09 Post #20 |
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I think that what happens in God's creation arises from natural causes except where God directly intervenes (e.g. incarnation, miracles, visions) when the intervention is a supernatural cause. |
| "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer | |
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| pete | Saturday, 7. July 2012, 10:04 Post #21 |
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No one can argue with that OsB I agree completely. |
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| Penfold | Saturday, 7. July 2012, 11:57 Post #22 |
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Why do composers write music. artists paint or authors pen novels? Some create because it is in their nature. |
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| Rose of York | Saturday, 4. August 2012, 01:00 Post #23 |
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http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=20926
If you click the link http://www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/20120803_1.htm you can read the article written by Fr Andrew Pinsent. He was formerly a particle physicist working on the DELPHI experiment at CERN. Today he is a priest of Arundel and Brighton diocese and Research Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion in the Theology Faculty of Oxford University. That article will direct you to a link http://www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/20110727_1.htm to another article "The Ultimate Grand Theory of Everything by Michael Smith SJ" Fr Smith is a Jesuit priest who has spent most of his life in education. He read physics at Oxford and theology at Heythrop College in London, and this combination sparked off a life-long interest in how science and theology fit together. |
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| tomais | Sunday, 5. August 2012, 14:48 Post #24 |
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Oddly in refering to the -proton-Pinsent S.J. does not go on the mention James Clerk Maxwell whos work led to Eisteins theories. re light-electronics the TV and colour photographer. Patricle physics rest on maxwell in ever so many ways. Statue? East end of George Street,Edinburgh. |
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