What is the Language of God?

Since it appears that I'm an existential thinker, I will blog existentially today. After the big Ahhhhhh elicited by the picture of that precious child, read the quote under the picture. It's a quote from Albert Einstein, one of my heroes. Albert was not a very religious man but he was a very spiritual one. He believed that miracles were all around us. To Albert Einstein the cosmos itself was a miracle.

I have worked in medicine for many years. During that time I have met many fellow scientists...some were doctors, some were PhD researchers, some were nuclear physicists. I have found that the majority of them had a strong belief in God but almost none of them went to church. Why is this? It's simple. The churches we are all used to, the one's we grew up with, all ask the same thing. They want you to check your brain at the door. Don't argue with them. Don't ask questions they can't answer. Just believe unconditionally. We scientists can't do that. We need proof. I once asked a priest to explain to me why God felt the need to create man. "If he is indeed the Alpha and Omega, why would he/she need anything else?" He thought for a moment and said, "God is love. Love can't survive unless it is returned. God needed something to give love to and to return it back to him." I thought it sounded pretty good until I really thought about it. It seemed selfish to create something only to "complete the circuit".

Do I believe there is a God? Absolutely. But I don't believe we would know him/her if they sat down beside us. We are jaded by a violent and paranoid society.

The BBC has a wonderful article on Molecular Memory. It appears that scientists can store up to 1000 bits of information inside a molecule. If that's possible then why can't our own molecules store bits of our memories, our very conscience, within them? Perhaps this could explain things like past lives. I don't know the answers, but I'm willing to entertain the possibilities. We all should ask ourselves if we are open to the possibilities.

If you want to read the BBC article here's the link....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2538119.stm