Oct 09 2009
Looking Farther (54) – For the Love of Mass
I don’t fully understand gravity. Is it an attractive force . . . or curved space/time . . . or what?
I wonder — why isn’t this mysterious phenomenon taken as evidence of a god’s power and reach? After all, gravity is everywhere.
Folks, you should go to mass, because mass is the source of all attraction. It is a sign of our god’s love for his own creation.
My guess is that the reason why gravity hasn’t been imbued with other-worldly connotations is because the phenomenon is so darn mundane. Humans have taken it for granted over the millennia. Drop an apple to the ground and, yawn, it falls to the ground. Big deal.
It’s a big deal to me.
[photo of Neptune and its stop-motion moon thanks to NASA]
