As we continue our quest to find logic in faith, we begin to acknowledge and explore forces in nature that defy logic. As a consequence, it leads us toward the higher probability of a supernatural force we call God.
We looked at the incredibly powerful force of gravity, and how that mysterious force helps create the environment that allows us to exist and, conveniently, keeps our feet on the ground.
But there is another force of attraction even more powerful than gravity. It is a force that also allows us to exist, but has the ability to end our existence as well. It is a force that allows all matter to exist.
When we explored the force of gravity, we were considering a force on a massive scale – the power to hold entire planets in orbit about our sun. Yet it is a force we can easily measure with simple tools. It is a force we can easily counteract (to a degree).
So, what is this force that is more powerful than gravity?
If we go from the massive extreme to the opposite scale, we enter the realm of atomic structure. And the parallels are amazing.
Most of us are aware from the most basic science education that an atom is composed of a core (nucleus), which contains particles we label as protons and neutrons, surrounded by an orbit or shell of electrons. Science has manage to break down the atom even further, but that knowledge has little impact on this analysis.
In its simplest image, we see an amazing similarity between the relationship of our sun and its orbiting planet, and the relationship between the core of an atom and the orbiting electrons.
Once again, we are faced with a mysterious force that keeps electrons paired with oppositely charged protons.
While science can describe how different atoms interact with each other to form molecules of different materials, the forces that allow these combinations are not as easily observed as gravity. Once we enter the world of the atom, we are dealing with components that are much too small to be directly observed or measured.
Even if science develops a method to calculate and measure the forces within an atom, there is still no clear description or understanding of those forces.
What is known – the forces within the atom are almost beyond human comprehension. It is those forces, unleashed in an atomic explosion, that release so much destructive energy. It is those forces that generate the heat that drives nuclear power plants. It is those forces that power the sun.
While science has come a long way toward understanding the structure and functioning of the atom, giving the forces a name or a description does not answer the fundamental question.
What are these forces and what is the source?
Once again, logic suggests that these forces, just like the forces of gravity, can best be explained as “the will of God.”