His is from my Discussions on LDS Doctrine group, I thought you might find it interesting! Steven G. ODell March 21 at 7:42pm The Nature of the Universe (but not as you know it) Posted by Steven G. ODell at deeperthings.webs on January 16, 2009 I wish to start this post with a few quotes from eminent physicists. Forgive me for not taking note of the speaker for the one marked unknown. I forget now where I read it and how to find it again. I do know it was a book dealing with physics. Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it. --Niels Bohr All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter. --Max Planck It appears the universe is not so much a great mechanism as it is a great idea. --Unknown Ever since the book and movie The Secret was released, the public in general is becoming more and more familiar with the term Quantum Physics. Some of us are even beginning to think we understand it now. The concept seems to be what was once considered the impossible--mind over matter. Another term that has been used in certain circles is Psychokinesis. Whatever you call it, it is fascinating stuff. I wanted to begin with quotes from recognized authorities on the subject, because it is often taken for granted that someone else knows more than you ever possibly could. That simply isnt so, but a good place to start is with some folks who are well grounded in the subject. Niels Bohr is recognized as a preeminent scientist in the field of atomic theory. He was so impressed...no, blown away is a better term...by quantum theory that he could make such a statement--if you arent stunned, blown away and speechless when you finally think you understand it, then you dont really understand it. The implications were considered to be that staggering in nature. Okay, we have established that a super-smart man says this is extremely important and powerful stuff. What do others say of it? Max Planck, another one very familiar with the world of the atom, states that all matter exists by virtue of force--and force only, if we understand him correctly. Matter and energy are interchangeable, as we know, but that is not the word he chose to use. He said force. This would seem to imply a directed and controlled energy field. But from what source? Planck states that we must assume a conscious and intelligent mind behind this force. He didnt say we could, or might. Again, he chose his word carefully--must. Why would such a world-recognized physicist choose his words thus? And if there should be any confusion or misinterpretation, he goes on to say, This Mind is the matrix of all matter. Not the mind or a mind, but This Mind. He specifically imparts supreme power to one mind alone and to emphasize its importance, he capitalizes the word as Mind. And the power he attributes to it is that it is the matrix of all matter. Not some matter, but all. And it is not just a support on occasion, but is the actual matrix, the fabric, the foundation and super-structure it is built on. The third man agrees that the universe appears to be more a great idea than a mechanism. What a strange statement. These men actually believed that all we see and experience as the material world is in actuality the product of a great imagination and intellect. The Mind. I find it reassuring that not all scientists are so quick to dismiss evidence just because it conflicts with the notion that no supreme being exists or could. They recognize, at risk of losing station among their peers, that evidence remains valid though it may be unpopular. Why call the universe an idea? Simple logic and good sense. If we, in an infant-like state of development psychically, can think and cause change in matter at the lowest level, via quantum physics, what must a sufficiently advanced and powerful mind be able to accomplish? Before you dismiss this out of hand, reflect on how easily the human race accepts that there may be life out there in the cosmos and desires it to be so, while assuming that flying saucers are the result of an advanced civilization. Why so quick to believe in an advanced race...so long as it isnt referred to as Gods? The effort to write divinity out of the equation is so thinly veiled that it is pathetic. Man tries to make of himself a god, while denying the existence of such. He wants God made in his image, not him in Gods. This is madness. It is unscientific. I am the first to admit that there is a lot wrong with religious sects today. Most are not rational in their beliefs. This does not preclude a faith established in scientific fact and sound reasoning from being a valid faith. I have such a faith myself. I will refrain from telling more within the confines of this blog. I will answer personal messages requesting information, however. My main thrust here is to cause reflection on the insanity of a course that throws away fact and firm evidence but accepts unsound theory because of personal biases. One should never cut off their nose to spite their face, as the saying goes. Whatever remains after all other evidence has been discounted, no matter how preposterous, is fact.--to paraphrase Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Choose to be a seeker of sound evidence, not a defender of common belief alone. With that, let me close with one more quote from a recognized intellect. It is the theory that decides what we can observe. --Albert Einstein Keep an open mind and dont make it more complicated than it has to be.
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