Oct
15
Faith can move a mountain … for real
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I just finished reading Dan Brown’s new novel - the Lost Symbol. Aside from being a great read, he touches on something that seems incredibly like science fiction, however, if you think about it makes total sense.
The premise goes like this (I’ve added my own points to help explain it further) -
+ The earth has mass, and because of that mass has gravity. (OK we can all agree with this - Earth Science 101, right?)
+ Everything that has a mass has gravity (again sure. - now we’re probably entering Physics 101)
+ Gravity has an effect on the physical world around it (See Issac Newton and the apple).
+ If you get 2 large objects with gravity near each other, the total force of gravity increases (you don’t wanna see the math behind this)
+ Energy waves have mass (however slight - because waves are made up of photons / light waves, radio waves, etc)
+ Brain waves are a form of energy wave, and therefore have mass (there are a ton of sites that argue both sides of this)
If the above are all true (you can see where I’m going) then :
+ Brain waves have gravity (again however slight) and can therefore have an effect on the physical world.
So if you get a large group of people with the same thought - the associated gravity would not only converge it would actually multiply and have a larger effect, and therefore have an effect on the physical world around them.
Thoughts can move objects.
Take this further if you will.
Note that I am a born again Christian, so please don’t think I’m some terrible person for thinking this as a possibility.
Use the above theory and apply it to group prayer. Have you ever been to a large gathering? I went to a Promise Keepers men’s conference one time many years back. 10,000 guys filling a stadium praying all about the same thing. You could feel it, something palpable. Ever sit in a prayer meeting and just ‘feel the spirit’ ? I know it sounds goofy, New-Age-y, mystical, or somehow wrong, right ? Actually in the novel it is based on old mystical practices, which could arguably be Satanic, and rightfully so. But I’m not taking God out of the equation. He gave his disciples the ability to perform miracles, to heal, to cast out demons. Maybe it was an ammped up thought process that actually gave them the ability to effect the world around them. To focus their thought and ‘aim’ it at the afflicted person. Interesting, right?
I can’t explain miracles, thoughts, consciousness or the soul and the last thing I want to do is take anything away from God and how he does things, but I thought if the above were true, we’re missing something very cool that God enabled us to do. Or at least, missing the understanding of how things work in our world.
Just wait till you read my take on the soul …