I love to ask questions. I am a science teacher. Often, I think scientists get a bad rap for asking all the questions that people aren’t willing to admit that they actually have. Being a person who believes in Jesus and the miracles that come with an all-powerful God, people often have questions for me about how I can teach science and rely on this faith that I cling to. Well, I can’t give you a detailed report about how science and faith are complementary at this moment… but hear me out. Scientists are searching. I am a scientist. I am searching. Different people are searching for the answers to different questions. Scientists just tend to get more down to business than the average person. So, I want to make sure you know, that all scientists have not resolved themselves to believing that God does not exist. (Now I’m not an idiot… that doesn’t necessarily translate to Christianity… but it translates to something.) Back to my original purpose for posting. Being a person who is passionate about asking questions and seeking truth, I just want to show you that others are passionate about the same. This is news in the science world at the moment. I always try to stay current on scientific thought/discoveries because it is so incredible what we (scientists) are learning about the universe and the origins of the universe. It is amazing to me, that there is a group of scientists out there searching for the answer to the origins of the universe. These scientists have built the apparatus above… called the Large Hadron Particle Collider. I may lose some of you now… that is ok. But these physicists are searching for what they call the “God Particle.” It’s like the glue that holds everything (as in, the universe) together. Of course, the scientists themselves despise the fact that this is what the particle is called by the media, but I find it pleasantly refreshing. I love that these men and women are seeking truth… and I love that in the article recently written on “The God Particle,” that they all acknowledge that on some they level they expect not to discover the answer. But basically, what they are going to do is (in a shortened and layman’s terms version) bash particles (hadrons) together to see if matter can actually be created by accelerating particles to speeds that surpass the speed of light. Possible? I’m not sure… they haven’t tried… they are still building the ginormous apparatus above. We’ll see… but it is important to realize that we all have questions and even the best are still human. We are limited. We are imperfect. We are searching. If anyone wants to discuss the role of faith and science… just give me a shout… I love this stuff.

And here is the link to one of the articles: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/03/god-particle/achenbach-text/1

I hope that on this blog I can occasionally redeem the relationships between all things created by God, and for Him.