The Not So Big Bang

If you are reading this, you survived. Congratulations. I never doubted it for a minute; although some did. I’m not alone in my joy to be here today. Good Morning America greeted their viewers last Wednesday with glee. They were glad to have made it, too; glad they were still alive.

If you missed the controversy last week, let me bring you up to date. There is a whole bunch of scientists from a whole bunch of countries trying to recreate how the universe was formed. They performed a really important test last week. They are ultimately trying to recreate the supposed "big bang" that originally started the whole thing off.

The problem with that is that if one big bang started things, another big bang could, well, end things. Since we are dealing with scientific minds, it is much more complicated than that. My version is the Arkansas version.

Let me quote their version, from an Associated Press story in Geneva, Switzerland.
"The world’s largest atom smasher passed its first test Wednesday as scientists said their powerful tool is almost ready to reveal how the tiniest particles were first created after the ‘big bang,’ which many theorize was the massive explosion that formed the stars, planets, and everything."

In laymen’s terms, twenty years of research have gone into building a $10 billion dollar gizmo. The gizmo is a 17 mile long tunnel along the Swiss-French border.

Wednesday, during a test run, a beam of protons were fired clockwise around the tunnel. Then they fired a beam counterclockwise. Eventually, the beams will be filled with more protons, and fired at almost the speed of light in opposite directions. The tunnel is a vacuum, and is colder than outer space. At four different points inside the tunnel, huge magnets will cross the beams and make the protons collide.

The scientists are looking for what they term "hidden dimensions" of space and time. They are looking for what is sometimes called the "God particle," because they think it gives mass to all other particles, and therefore gives matter to the make up of the universe.

Well. We finally have something we can agree on. I could have saved those scientists twenty years of their lives and billions of dollars.

They don’t have to look for a God particle. All they have to do is look for God. A "particle" didn’t give mass to everything else. A particle didn’t make up the universe.

It amazes me that highly intelligent people will study microscopic particles in depth, and theorize that by exploding those tiny things, everything about the universe could develop.
Yet they reject that an intelligent being could have created the universe.

Talk about faith the size of a mustard seed. You could move mountains with the faith those scientists have. But, unfortunately, you can’t create mountains with their kind of faith...not from those itty-bitty particles that just all of the sudden exploded from nothingness and created every living and breathing and thinking thing in the world.

There are people that are scared the world will be destroyed as the scientist continue their tests. They believe if one big bang created us, the testing to make the next big bang will destroy us.

I am not worried in the least. The scientists can send their little protons around and around their big expensive race track all they want. They can spin them, magnetize them, freeze them, collide them, vacuum them or do whatever else they want to them. But they are wasting their time.

They aren’t going to discover a tiny particle that can do what only God did. Nor are they going to discover the beginnings of the universe. The universe didn’t begin with a bang. It began with "In the beginning, God."

Unconventional Wisdom

I’m not into politics as a general rule. I don’t consider myself a Democrat, a Republican, or even an "other." I just consider myself an American.

I don’t care what label a politician wears. I want them to do what they say they are going to do. I want them to be honest, and after they get elected, I want them to represent the public that elected them instead of being concerned only about their own best interest.

Yeah, I’ve already been told that I am simple minded when it comes to politics. I like to be informed, but I despise all the hot air and posturing that involves the election season. For the most part, I stay as far away as I can from political commentators. I’ll make up my own mind, thanks.

This year is going to be interesting. We have some of the same old same old...a couple of a bit past middle aged white guys. Then we have some new and different. An African American man and a Caucasian woman.

I’m not sure what I think about Obama. I support his right to run completely and whole heartedly. But there is just something about him that still leaves me wondering.

I had no problem with that when Hillary was a candidate. I don’t like her in the least. While I would vote for a woman for president, I wouldn’t vote for that particular woman.

I’m an equal opportunity malcontent. I’m not all that thrilled with McCain either. In a country of millions of people, these are the best candidates we have? Whereas Obama leaves me concerned, McCain leaves me cold. I’m not sure which is worse.

The one candidate I really like is Sarah Palin. I would vote for her for President. You can’t tell me she doesn’t have experience. She has all the experience she needs. She is a mother of five. She can handle anything.

Peace negotiations? Been there, done that. Tie breaking votes? Absolutely. Being the "attack dog" for the president? I will let her tell you about that
"The difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom....the lipstick." Yeah, she has it handled.

Forget that she is governor of the largest state in the country. That experience and insight and ability means nothing compared to what she has learned as a mother to five children.

I’m not much on politics, so I’m not sure if I can write in my vote for president. I’m for Sarah. I would love to see her tell Iraq and Iran to sit down, shut up and behave or else. I think they would listen. You just don’t mess with a mother of five.