E = MC2 Disproves Biblegod Mark Smith Sept. 2001
Biblegod Has Infinite Energy Many Christians claim, without any evidence whatsoever, that Biblegod's energy and power is infinite. Their technical term for this unfounded claim is “omnipotence”. According to several major dictionaries...
·
An agency or force
of unlimited
power.1 · Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.2 · Able in every respect and for every work; unlimited in ability; all-powerful; almighty; as, the Being that can create worlds must be omnipotent.3 · Omnipotent adj : having unlimited power [syn: almighty, all-powerful]4 · Having virtually unlimited authority or influence.5 · Strictly said of God (or of a deity) or His attributes: Almighty or infinite in power.6
You can see by the definitions that omnipotent means a source of energy that is all-powerful, a "force of unlimited power", and thus an energy source that is without limits; or as the last definition states, "infinite in power". But do many Christians believe their Biblegod HAS such awesome power? Indeed they do, as you can see for yourself below.
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William Lane Craig's website, "Leadership U", comments on the unlimited power of Biblegod. Author and winner of the Templeton Book Prize for theology in 1995 Roy Abraham Varghese describes Biblegod thusly:
A power that has no limits is infinite, in other words, an infinite energy source. Another noteworthy published author, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Leeds in England, George MacDonald Ross, has this to say about Biblegod in an online essay on Spinoza:
The amount of power and energy Ross credits Biblegod with is... "infinite energy". Other sources that claim infinite energy for Biblegod include the online Christian Seminary, which states that
Author of over 20 Christian books, Don Stuart writes:
And the online "Glossary of Religious Terms" defines Omnipotent as:
Another Christian, Wayne Blank, the author of the popular online "Daily Bible Study" also comments on Biblegod's infinite power:
The Christian website "Christian Teen Corner" make this humble claim for their Biblegod:
And last to be cited is good old Saint Augustine, via the author of the website "Medieval Philosophy"
It should be clear by now that the doctrine of omnipotence is common among Christians, and that Christians understand it thusly: Biblegod is not a deity of limited power or energy; rather, he has infinite power, infinite energy.
E=MC2 But is infinite energy even possible in our universe? According to Albert Einstein, no. One thing that Albert showed, and science has confirmed time and time again since then, is that anything that exists in the universe is either mass and/or energy. So, when a theologian claims his Biblegod "is a spirit" he is ruling out that Biblegod contains mass- that which you can see and feel, and they will tell you such if you ask. So having ruled out mass, all that is left is energy. How much energy do they claim? Infinite energy. But that does not exist, for two obvious reasons. First, if there were infinite energy, there would be no mass, for the existence of any mass whatsoever would mean there could be even more energy were that mass converted into such, per E=MC2. The fact that mass exists- any mass- proves beyond a doubt that the amount of energy in the universe has not yet become infinite. Secondly, if infinite, "without boundaries or limitations" energy did exist, we would not, for the entire universe would be like the insides of a microwave oven on high, to use a poor analogy. The amount of energy anywhere and everywhere in the universe would be so high that life, and even mass itself, would cease to exist. The entire universe would be vaporized in less than a millisecond. The very fact that you and I do exist proves that the amount of energy in the universe is not infinite, but has limitations.
Albert Einstein’s famous Special Theory of Relativity stated that Energy “E” is equal to Mass “M” times the Speed of Light “C” squared. Everything, 100% of all there is, is either energy, or mass. There is no other option. In fact, you may think of energy and mass as being two sides of the same coin.
This theory has been proven time and again, Nagasaki and Hiroshima (of WWII fame) being just two examples. (As for those idiot Christians that claim “well, it’s only just a theory” let them sit at ground zero during the next test of a nuclear bomb.) In Einstein’s equation, the Speed of Light (C) as measured in a vacuum is a constant- it stays the same. However, the other two items are variables- that is, they may vary in value. In the equation, as one variable goes up in value, so must the other.
Albert Einstein said of his theory that
And Discover magazine says of Albert's theory:
According to Einstein, energy and mass are equivalent, while according to simple algebra, if you were to increase energy to infinity in the equation (as Christian dogma demands), mass would also have to become infinite. This would result in a universe that would be totally filled with either energy, energy/mass, or mass. This logical outcome of Christian dogma, however, is not what we see in the universe.
In light of this fact, now consider the Christians’ claim that their Biblegod has infinite energy.
For this claim to be a possibility, you must increase the value of the left-hand side of the equation, the Energy portion, all the way to infinity, to account for the theorized infinite energy of Biblegod. Recalling basic algebra, in an equation, everything on both sides of an equal sign must stay equal. Thus, if you stick a Biblegod of infinite energy into the “E” Energy variable on the left, you must up the “M” Mass variable (on the right) to infinity as well. Keeping an equation equal is a law of basic algebra, taught to seventh graders throughout our land. And as a consequence of seventh grade algebra, Christians are now left with the absurdity of a universe either filled to the brim with infinite energy, or infinite mass, or both, since both sides of the equation are infinite. In reality, we see neither. We instead see finite mass, and finite energy, in the universe, and as the universe is defined as all there is, there is no place "outside" the universe for a Biblegod with infinite energy or mass to hide. And even if there WERE an "outside the universe", anytime a being with infinite energy stuck even his little finger into "our" universe, our universe would then be filled with infinite energy and we'd all be dead.
Christian Theory -vs- Objective Reality Does Christian theory jive with reality? No, it does not. Our universe started with The Big Bang- a finite, not infinite, ball of mass and energy. Therefore, everything that exists (i.e. the matter & energy) in the universe today must be finite, not infinite, even though the "nothingness" of the universe could very well go on forever. For everything that exists today- all of its building blocks, so to speak, were contained in this small finite ball in the beginning. Therefore, since all the mass & energy that has ever existed within the entire universe was at one time contained within a small "ball" of finite size and energy, it follows that there was not, is not, and can not ever be in our universe an infinite energy or mass.
What also doesn't fit- with reality- is a universe, every square inch of it, packed with energy so immensely powerful or matter so dense that space has ceased to exist, as it would be if the Christians were correct in their theory. They postulate a being of infinite energy, and remember, energy and mass are just the two heads of the same coin. So this claim of an infinitely powerful being would require said being to totally fill up to the gills a finite universe with his mass and/or energy, and if the universe itself is infinite, this being would always be about one gnat hair shy of filling that up. I admit, arguing about an infinite Biblegod existing in an infinite universe makes as much sense as the proverbial argument of how many angels can fit on the head of a pin. It's all NONSENSE and FAIRY TALES to start with, so please forgive me if an infinite god in an infinite universe doesn't make sense. For the sake of the argument, grant the Christians this, then go from there.
And from there we end up with infinite energy. Picture the hottest blowtorch imaginable; now picture it enveloped within the exhaust plume of an F-15 jet; now picture both the torch and the jet at the center of the sun- and THAT is not even NEAR how hot and full of energy the very space you're now sitting in would be WERE the Christians right in their fairy tales. What we DO see in reality are pockets of higher and lower energy, some energy hot enough to melt the Earth, other energy extremely low in level. We do NOT see infinite energy EVERYWHERE in the Universe.
As for matter, we see pockets of very dense matter such as in Black Holes, where one teaspoon of matter would weigh millions of tons, and we also see areas that are almost perfect vacuums, such as the 6 inches between Jerry Falwell's ears. What we DON'T see is infinite mass in our finite universe.
In fact, out very existence disproves the Christian claim of a god of infinite power, for we would not be able to exist in such a universe. We would either be fried by infinite energy, or crushed by infinite mass, but we are neither. Our existence and Einstein's theory thus disproves a Biblegod of infinite power, leaving only the possibility of a deity of limited power and abilities- maybe the god of George Carlin fame who is so strong he can throw a car over a high bush. Or maybe a god who would get tired and need a nap after six days of creation.
Of course, Christians being the imaginative people that they are, some Christians have claimed that Biblegod doesn't live in our universe- he has his own "way over yonder". Like many Christian claims, not one iota of evidence is presented to back up this claim of a "spiritual" parallel universe. Not one telescopic observation nor law of physics has demanded this be theorized to explain previously unexplainable phenomena. The only thing making such a universe a necessity is the Christian need to hide away their Biblegod in a location where he is safe from ever being disproved by us evil Atheists, as they claim this "transcendental universe" is totally beyond our ability to sense. For an essay of mine on this fictional La La land of Fundy Christians, see my article: Transcendental La La Land in which I deal more specifically about this topic.
But why should the Christians be the only ones having all the fun of make-believe universes? Based upon the exact same evidence that the Christians have for THEIR parallel universe (home of Biblegod!), I would like to state the discovery that there is a SECOND universe hidden safely away from skeptical Christians. It's called "Ath-Land" and the great god Ath (glory to his name!) lives there. Ath is a more powerful god than Seventh, but less so than the even greater god Ninth. When we Atheists die we will all go to Ath-Land and drive golden Cadillac's. Or is is golden Chevy's??? I'm not certain.
But one thing IS for certain- all claims of omnipotent gods were forever destroyed when Einstein's theory was emphatically proven at the destruction of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
E=MC2 Disproves BiblegodAlbert Einstein: "The word 'god' is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive, legends, which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can for me change this." (Albert Einstein, in a recently discovered letter to philosopher Eric Gutkind, dated Jan. 3, 1954)
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2) The
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4) WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
5) Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 2001
6) The Compact Edition Of The Oxford English Dictionary, Complete Text Reproduced Micrographically, Volume I A-O, Oxford University Press
7) From the soundtrack of the film, Atomic Physics, © J. Arthur Rank Organization, Ltd., 1948
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