I believe God speaks to us about His creative genius through physics (among many other things), but at the deepest layers of reality physics gets pretty weird - so I thought it’d be fun to offer a few highly speculative, quirky interpretations of God’s designs in physics, and the potential deeper meanings they may convey.
1) Quantum entanglement shows that two particles can become entangled, such that the state of one is instantly correlated with the state of the other, regardless of the distance between them - which seems to violate classical notions of locality. Perhaps the “instantaneous” effect hints that the universe is a vast, non-local tapestry where separation is an illusion - which kind of taps into another profound human idea, which I believe is valid, that connection is fundamental, and no one is fundamentally separate from anyone else in terms of the cosmic narrative and being infinitely valuable and loved in God’s eyes.
2) The wave-particle duality shows that particles like electrons or photons behave both as particles and waves, depending on how you observe them. At the fundamental level, I reject this - I don’t believe that reality decides its form when measured - but one interpretation of this is that God could be illustrating the duality of existence itself, that our observation participates in shaping reality. God might be conveying a lesson: we are not merely observers; we are deep participators in the creation narrative. That’s why reality bends to perception, and perception reflects the eternal dance of forms, or something like that.
3) Time dilation in relativity, shows that time moves differently depending on relative speed or gravitational potential. An astronaut traveling near light-speed ages slower than people on Earth. Perhaps God is using time dilation to demonstrate a deeper life meaning that time is not absolute; it is perspective-bound - and that life is a subjective journey of an objective story - and suffering, joy, and understanding unfold differently depending on our vantage point, and all are part of a single continuum of being.
4) The multiverse and many-worlds Interpretation. Some interpretations of quantum mechanics suggest that every possible outcome of every event actually happens, each in a separate branching universe. Every decision, every action creates a branching reality, suggesting that all possibilities are equally real and eternally unfolding, which could be true under some conditions. But here’s the rub; God has probably constrained the possibilities to enable just the created universe He wants, and we are living in it.
5) Quantum vacuum fluctuations: empty space is not truly empty, of course - it seethes with temporary “virtual” particles popping in and out of existence. God may be hinting that what appears empty or void is teeming with hidden potential. It makes a good cosmic metaphor; even unseen forces shape existence, and what seems like a void or vacuum is full of hidden dynamism waiting to be awakened, much like personhood.
6) Quantum superposition is a corker. Until measured, a particle can exist in multiple states at once (as per Schrödinger’s cat). God might have ordained the superposition of physics to show a deeper truth: that everything is potential until you engage with it, and make it manifest in the shape it takes. It’s really quite poetical - our choices and attention collapse the infinite potential into lived experience, and every moment is an act of co-creation
7) Wormholes (speculative), where there are theoretical passages through spacetime that could connect distant points instantly. If these exist, then God might be encoding the truth that transcendence is always within reach, and that the depths of human limitation can be bridged by unseen pathways, navigable through deep truthseeking, adventure and courage.
In all these
phenomena, physics can become a kind of cosmic parable, pointing us toward
connection, creativity, and transcendence. All a bit of whimsy, of course -
don’t take it too seriously, unless it titillates. 😀
