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Beyond The Mirror – A Bill Allin Column

Feb 9, 2007

What Is The Truth? (Part 6)
by Bill Allin

[Caution: What follows may be offensive to some people because it is based on fact, reason and probability, not on an established belief set (religion). If you are offended by anything that does not support your belief set, you should choose to not read this article.]

Where is the truth about religion, the objective of this series?

As there is so much about religion that is more human opinion than universal fact, let’s look at what we know to be fact to see if we can winnow some truth from it. The facts may or may not support the belief sets of religions.

We know that matter and energy are the same thing, only in slightly different forms. Remember e = mc2  where mass and energy are equated, with the speed of light as the constant ‘c’? We know that matter and energy are interchangeable, that they can and do change from one state to another naturally and can be made to change with human influence (though we can turn mass into energy easier than the other way around).

^{We know that the total quantity of mass and energy in the universe never changes. One kind of energy--such as electricity--can be made to change into light energy to illuminate our homes and operate our computers. Fusion or fission can change atomic matter into energy. We haven’t yet figured out how to change energy into matter efficiently because we still seek more energy to power our modern lifestyle.}

^{Your body and mine are composed of atoms, most of which are clustered into molecules of matter that comprise the stuff that make up our bodies. We know that when corporeal bodies die, their substance decomposes by means of bacteria and other life forms that change what formerly was "our" matter into some matter of their own plus some energy to keep their bodies operating.}

^{Conservation of matter and energy. Nothing gained, nothing lost in the universe when we die in terms of matter and energy.}

^{That means that eternal life is provable by science. True, science doesn’t prove that our post-human life form will be similar to our formerly human form, but the fundamentals of most religions don’t teach that anyway. Some clerics may imagine that to be the case and teach that way, but religions themselves do not in their fundamental forms.}

^{Science and religion are on the same page when it comes to eternal life (or existence). Where they each take that concept depends on the imaginations of the thinkers.}

Bill Allin
'Turning It Around: Causes and Cures for Today’s Epidemic Social Problems,' a book about real and inexpensive solutions to community problems most people think are inevitable evils of modern society. They aren't. We just have to look in the right place.
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