Thursday, December 15, 2011

DAY 69 (Dec 14) Higgs Boson and Christianity

We started today having a look at this information on the potential discovery of the Higgs Boson - a particle that existed in abundance at the creation of the universe and, so the theory goes, the particle that gives mass to energy, in other words creating "something from nothing", a rather novel thing indeed!  And an appropriate point to interject into conversations about our origins in a religious context.  There were so many astounding and insightful comments from our class on this topic.

We had a brief introduction to Christianity today and some points to note include the origins of Christianity in Judaism, the birth of Jesus Christ in around 4-3 BCE and his subsequent crucifixion  about 30 years later.  We made strong parallels between Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

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