[QUOTE="ragnarok874"]So whilst we don't know how things work, we should just say god did it?After watching Horizon a few weeks ago (on BBC2) - the Large Hadron Collider in Long Island will be used to search for the existence of a particle called a 'Higgs Particle' - this, theoretically, holds matter together. If the scientist do not find this particle then there is some belief that this may go some way to proving the existence of God, or in other terms, not discout the presence of God (I think it's the Long Island facility which is performing this experiment, not CERN). If they do not find the perticle, then the scientists would need to come up with another theory of how matter is held together.
Now I will go and lie down while my head cools down... :D
Mr_sprinkles
As I stated, this may go some way (but not all) down the path of proving that a creating entity (God, Allah, Buddha etc.) exists. I was a bit sceptical during the description in the programme as to how they can categorically state that one (or more) of these Higgs particles won't be missed by the detectors, so (even though I am a christian, of sorts) I would not think that one experiment would prove such an existence. It also seems rational that these scientists may discover a completely seperate particle which may fulfil the same role as a Higgs particle but is of a different nature.
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