Building the Tower of Babel

Today the switch gets turned on. Have you heard about it?

A huge atom smasher. There's a 17-mile tunnel 300 feet below Switzerland. And it gets turned on today. My understanding is that they hope to create anti-matter.

Sounds really sci-fi, doesn't it?

It will probably take years to analyze all the data. It's even estimated to be close to one year before the machine gets powered up to throw a proton at speeds nearing that of light. Most of the scientific community is excited. A few have voiced their objections--stating that we're going to create a black hole and suck up the earth. Logically, creating anti-matter makes sense. According to Newton's third law of motion, for a force there is always an equal and opposite reaction. So far that has proven to be true. And if it is, in fact, truth, then when an atom is split to create nuclear energy, there must be an opposite force of equal power. In other words, when there is an explosion, we generally think of the outward forces: the debris flying up and away, the crater that is formed, etc. But there must be an opposite force that goes inward. I don't know if this machine will create anti-matter, but I'm excited to learn.

So most scientists are excited; in part because they think this will help them understand The Big Bang better by creating their own smaller version of it. Other scientists are skeptical and think these tests are dangerous and could lead to our extinction. My perspective? I think this leads us one step closer to God's knowledge...while moving us one step closer to the Second Coming.

About 4000 years ago, there was a civilized people who were trying to erect a building that would get them to God. Good intentions, right? We should be trying to get back to God. The catch is, this people didn't include God in their little project. They were becoming quite smart and the Old Testament tells us that they could pretty much do whatever they imagined in their hearts. Their mistake was not including God in their quest to become Godlike. So God destroyed the Tower of Babel and confounded their language (except for the Jaredites...but we can discuss that topic later).

Is our civilized world any different? We are trying to play God. Obtaining this knowledge is AWESOME! And I believe we need this knowledge as we continue to progress. But these scientists are denying the very existence of God as they strive to define how everything was "created." Ironic, isn't it?

So today, with the flipping of a switch, makes us one step closer to God. It could also prove to move us one step closer to the Second Coming. What kind of power will this machine create? If it does create power, you know evil minds will manipulate it to advance their selfish ambitions.

I'm excited to see what transpires. I believe God wants us to learn about as much "stuff" as possible. But I also believe there will come a time when God says, "Enough!" and will need to destroy our Tower of Babel.