Our Connection to God: A Quantum Entanglement?
Our Connection to God: A Quantum Entanglement?
In Allen J. Epling’s October 15, 2009 blog, he seeks to make a connection between quantum physics and our access to a connection to God:
The idea in quantum entanglement is that every particle in a particle-antiparticle pair is in instant communication with the other particle, regardless of how far apart they are.
It is a phenomenon that was experimentally proven, just recently, by scientists in Geneva Switzerland, in 2008.
In this experiment a single particle-antiparticle pair was sent streaming away from the source in opposite directions, and they were detected when they were about 20 miles away from each other. The 'entanglement' phenomenon was proven when a 'detection' of one particle instantly produced an identical change in the other particle.
This 'instantaneous' transmission of information defies Einstein's theory of relativity and the speed of light. A calculation was made that determined that the speed of this experiment was at least 10,000 times the speed of light and perhaps was instantaneous.
The size of the particles of this discussion are at the subatomic level, far below 'microscope' level. Some scientists think that at this level, there is a universal 'connection' that transcends space/time and allows all particles to be 'in contact' with every other particle in the universe in a way that we have yet to understand. Below the 'quantum' or Planck level, the definitions of space and time become obscure and tend to blur.
If all particles are somehow connected below the Planck level, it would seem to say that we all have a universal connection to each other and perhaps that is the medium through which prayer is channeled.
That much is pure speculation, but if God created all the physical laws and the universe in such a way that He is never out of touch both spiritually and physically, and is omnipresent everywhere at once, it confirms what Christians and Jews have always said about his presence and the ease with which we are in touch with Him. Jesus said "The kingdom of Heaven is within you."







