Is the discovery of the Higgs Boson a threat to Christian faith?

[Anonymous]

The Higgs Boson, whose existence has (maybe) been recently confirmed at the Large Hadron Collider, has been called the 'God particle.' Is this discovery a threat to Christian faith? Dr. Peter Bussey is a particle physicist who works on the LHC, as well as a Christian believer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Vm0FDEzSE&feature=youtu.be

[Anonymous]

Of course not. All things were made through Jesus Christ: "Through him all things were made."

[Anonymous]

I don't see any conflict between Christianity and science. Perhaps God gave us these amazing brains so we would apply our curiosity to constantly discover new wonders in his creation.

[Anonymous]

every scientific discovery is a threat to supernatural religious belief because it indicates yet another mystery solved by empiricism and not imagination.

By the way, scientists working on it originally called it the God-damned particle because it was so hard to find - not because it was god-like

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see any conflict between Christianity and science. Perhaps God gave us these amazing brains so we would apply our curiosity to constantly discover new wonders in his creation.

That would suggest that God also gave us these brains to constantly find ways to try to kill each other off, and that he gave us brains that sometimes go terribly wrong with mental illness or cancer - and that he's waited centuries to allow humans to invent drugs (some not very effective) to relieve mental illness and surgical techniques to remove the cancer -- at least for a while, until it comes back again.

And that he saw fit to allow millions of years to pass (or 1000's if you are a biblical literalist) before letting us use our amazing brains to develop medical science that would make our lives longer and less brutish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. All things were made through Jesus Christ: "Through him all things were made."

Well there's your answer!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The Higgs Boson, whose existence has (maybe) been recently confirmed at the Large Hadron Collider, has been called the 'God particle.' Is this discovery a threat to Christian faith? Dr. Peter Bussey is a particle physicist who works on the LHC, as well as a Christian believer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Vm0FDEzSE&feature=youtu.be

Hell, if "believers" can ignore the obvious truth of evolution, why would they concern themselves with H-B?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see any conflict between Christianity and science. Perhaps God gave us these amazing brains so we would apply our curiosity to constantly discover new wonders in his creation.

I tend to agree, so long as you interpret Christian mythos as a metaphor, and define "God" as "whatever happened to precipitate the Big Bang" there's no dilemma at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see any conflict between Christianity and science. Perhaps God gave us these amazing brains so we would apply our curiosity to constantly discover new wonders in his creation.

then please explain amputees? if science cannot (yet) regenerate limbs why does god not step in? does god want good people to live without limbs all the limbs given to them at birth?

of course the Higgs Boson will not be a threat to Christian faith. They will continue to ignore logic and beleive whatever the good book tells them.

[Anonymous]

It's like that old joke. There's a flood. Man is told to evacuate. He refuses, telling the authorities, "I'll be all right -- God will provide."

The waters rise so he goes to the second floor. Sheriff comes by with a boat and tells him to get in it. Man refuses. "I'll be all right -- God will provide."

Waters get higher. He's on the roof. Helicopter comes and drops down a ladder. He refuses to climb. "I'll be all right -- God will provide!"

Waters go higher still. He drowns. He's at the Pearl Gates when he meets St. Peter. He's confused. "All my life I was told to put my faith in God, and I did, and I died in the flood," the man said. "I don't understand."

Peter shook his head. "We sent a car, a boat, and a helicopter. What else were you expecting us to do?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's like that old joke. There's a flood. Man is told to evacuate. He refuses, telling the authorities, "I'll be all right -- God will provide."

The waters rise so he goes to the second floor. Sheriff comes by with a boat and tells him to get in it. Man refuses. "I'll be all right -- God will provide."

Waters get higher. He's on the roof. Helicopter comes and drops down a ladder. He refuses to climb. "I'll be all right -- God will provide!"

Waters go higher still. He drowns. He's at the Pearl Gates when he meets St. Peter. He's confused. "All my life I was told to put my faith in God, and I did, and I died in the flood," the man said. "I don't understand."

Peter shook his head. "We sent a car, a boat, and a helicopter. What else were you expecting us to do?"

Funny! It does illustrate how if good things happen, of course "God" takes the credit. If bad things happen, hey, you know, prayer's not an ATM!

God reminds me a bit of the scam Jack Abramoff and Ralph Reed were running a few years ago. They'd take millions in lobbying dollars from various Indian tribes around the country. And if favorable legislation passed, it was evidence of their incredible persuasiveness and leverage w/ GOP lawmakers. If unfavorable legislation passed? Well, don't you know, you need to give them more money!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's like that old joke. There's a flood. Man is told to evacuate. He refuses, telling the authorities, "I'll be all right -- God will provide."

The waters rise so he goes to the second floor. Sheriff comes by with a boat and tells him to get in it. Man refuses. "I'll be all right -- God will provide."

Waters get higher. He's on the roof. Helicopter comes and drops down a ladder. He refuses to climb. "I'll be all right -- God will provide!"

Waters go higher still. He drowns. He's at the Pearl Gates when he meets St. Peter. He's confused. "All my life I was told to put my faith in God, and I did, and I died in the flood," the man said. "I don't understand."

Peter shook his head. "We sent a car, a boat, and a helicopter. What else were you expecting us to do?"

Funny! It does illustrate how if good things happen, of course "God" takes the credit. If bad things happen, hey, you know, prayer's not an ATM!

God reminds me a bit of the scam Jack Abramoff and Ralph Reed were running a few years ago. They'd take millions in lobbying dollars from various Indian tribes around the country. And if favorable legislation passed, it was evidence of their incredible persuasiveness and leverage w/ GOP lawmakers. If unfavorable legislation passed? Well, don't you know, you need to give them more money!

Not sure why you are smiling after making such an offensive analogy. Shame on you. I will pray for your soul, however.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's like that old joke. There's a flood. Man is told to evacuate. He refuses, telling the authorities, "I'll be all right -- God will provide."

The waters rise so he goes to the second floor. Sheriff comes by with a boat and tells him to get in it. Man refuses. "I'll be all right -- God will provide."

Waters get higher. He's on the roof. Helicopter comes and drops down a ladder. He refuses to climb. "I'll be all right -- God will provide!"

Waters go higher still. He drowns. He's at the Pearl Gates when he meets St. Peter. He's confused. "All my life I was told to put my faith in God, and I did, and I died in the flood," the man said. "I don't understand."

Peter shook his head. "We sent a car, a boat, and a helicopter. What else were you expecting us to do?"

Funny! It does illustrate how if good things happen, of course "God" takes the credit. If bad things happen, hey, you know, prayer's not an ATM!

God reminds me a bit of the scam Jack Abramoff and Ralph Reed were running a few years ago. They'd take millions in lobbying dollars from various Indian tribes around the country. And if favorable legislation passed, it was evidence of their incredible persuasiveness and leverage w/ GOP lawmakers. If unfavorable legislation passed? Well, don't you know, you need to give them more money!

Not sure why you are smiling after making such an offensive analogy. Shame on you. I will pray for your soul, however.

I find you presumptuousness at knowing the mind of God off-putting to say the least. If we know one thing about God, it's that he has a sense of humor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's like that old joke. There's a flood. Man is told to evacuate. He refuses, telling the authorities, "I'll be all right -- God will provide."

The waters rise so he goes to the second floor. Sheriff comes by with a boat and tells him to get in it. Man refuses. "I'll be all right -- God will provide."

Waters get higher. He's on the roof. Helicopter comes and drops down a ladder. He refuses to climb. "I'll be all right -- God will provide!"

Waters go higher still. He drowns. He's at the Pearl Gates when he meets St. Peter. He's confused. "All my life I was told to put my faith in God, and I did, and I died in the flood," the man said. "I don't understand."

Peter shook his head. "We sent a car, a boat, and a helicopter. What else were you expecting us to do?"

Funny! It does illustrate how if good things happen, of course "God" takes the credit. If bad things happen, hey, you know, prayer's not an ATM!

God reminds me a bit of the scam Jack Abramoff and Ralph Reed were running a few years ago. They'd take millions in lobbying dollars from various Indian tribes around the country. And if favorable legislation passed, it was evidence of their incredible persuasiveness and leverage w/ GOP lawmakers. If unfavorable legislation passed? Well, don't you know, you need to give them more money!

Not sure why you are smiling after making such an offensive analogy. Shame on you. I will pray for your soul, however.

I find you presumptuousness at knowing the mind of God off-putting to say the least. If we know one thing about God, it's that he has a sense of humor.

If you are the pp, you have no business commenting on this at all. But comparing God to an illegal "scam" and fraud is patently offensive and isn't funny in the least.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's like that old joke. There's a flood. Man is told to evacuate. He refuses, telling the authorities, "I'll be all right -- God will provide."

The waters rise so he goes to the second floor. Sheriff comes by with a boat and tells him to get in it. Man refuses. "I'll be all right -- God will provide."

Waters get higher. He's on the roof. Helicopter comes and drops down a ladder. He refuses to climb. "I'll be all right -- God will provide!"

Waters go higher still. He drowns. He's at the Pearl Gates when he meets St. Peter. He's confused. "All my life I was told to put my faith in God, and I did, and I died in the flood," the man said. "I don't understand."

Peter shook his head. "We sent a car, a boat, and a helicopter. What else were you expecting us to do?"

Funny! It does illustrate how if good things happen, of course "God" takes the credit. If bad things happen, hey, you know, prayer's not an ATM!

God reminds me a bit of the scam Jack Abramoff and Ralph Reed were running a few years ago. They'd take millions in lobbying dollars from various Indian tribes around the country. And if favorable legislation passed, it was evidence of their incredible persuasiveness and leverage w/ GOP lawmakers. If unfavorable legislation passed? Well, don't you know, you need to give them more money!

Not sure why you are smiling after making such an offensive analogy. Shame on you. I will pray for your soul, however.

I find you presumptuousness at knowing the mind of God off-putting to say the least. If we know one thing about God, it's that he has a sense of humor.

If you are the pp, you have no business commenting on this at all. But comparing God to an illegal "scam" and fraud is patently offensive and isn't funny in the least.

Fine point, but I wasn't comparing God to an illegal "scam". I was drawing the obvious parallels between PP's misconception of God and an illegal scam. God doesn't work that way.