Atheism and a Belief in the Science of Dark Matter

It is often stated by Atheists that believers are delusional, and that belief in God is a fairytale without evidence.  However, is this really the case?  Consider this:

Einstein’s field equations tell us that space-time is both a singularity and infinity.  From the believer’s perspective, God makes the claim that He is both Alpha and Omega, beginning and end.  Science tells us that the vast majority of what is contained in the universe is invisible “Dark Matter.”  This invisible dark matter makes up a full 90% of the universe, leaving visible matter—what is seen—to comprise all the substance we can perceive around us on a daily basis.

All material substance is essentially one thing: energy transmuted to what we see as substance, occupying a volume, expressed in its function and meaning to the whole.  We know the 10% we see very well.  The 90% that we do not see well is what Science attempts to explain.  All of this substance and dark matter is made up of energy in movement.  As stated in the opening verse of the Bible, "Let there be light."  Light is both a wave and a particle.  This duality is expressed in the first chapter of John where he says, "In the beginning was the word..."  Light and word, both particle and wave. 

All of this is interesting, but here is where we make the distinction between faith and reason; religion and science:  By faith in a Creator, I examine the meaning behind the visible reality (10% of matter) and realize that it tells a story that can be defined.  This story is not just expressed by religion, but also synchronistically by nature.  Each tells the exact same story, like a mirror perfectly reflecting the truth of the other.

Science, by the same faith, attempts to observe the 90% of what cannot be observed directly.  From this observation, science makes up grandiose claims of theory, believing its conclusions within a context of misplaced concreteness of imagined reality.  This means rational Atheists base the totality of their belief within an unseen reality of imagined perception, with largely unproven theory.  At best, anything concerning the 90% of unseen reality can only be ever-changing theory.  Faith for all of us, then, is the substance of things hoped for, as indicated in Hebrews:

HEBREWS 11:1

1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.  2 This is what the ancients were commended for.

 3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Our visible world tells the complete story to us:  God places us in the story, as characters in the story, able to act out our unique part.  The plot points in the production and the ending cannot change.  Our unique performance is the good pleasure derived by God from the exercise.

PHILIPPIANS 2:13

…continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,  13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

Why are we here in this story of God?

We are being refined for the next step.  Our inheritance is thekingdom of God (universe).  We do not merit this favor from God.  We were created for His good pleasure, as observers of His goodness and abundant mercy and truth.

Psalms 66:10-12

For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined.  11 You brought us into the net; You laid affliction on our backs.  12 You have caused men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But You brought us out to rich fulfillment.

ROMANS 1:18-23

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.  For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.  For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.  For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.  Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

The Riddle of Humpty Dumpty Solved

By Stephen T. McClard - Complete Article List

Charles Dodgson, better know as Lewis Carroll, wrote the infamous novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.  From my perspective, the secret to the Humpty Dumpty Riddle is contained within his works.  This article represents my attempt to solve a riddle that has plagued me since my time in the crib.  Am I correct?  You decide.  If not, it was fun trying and you can leave me a few comments (But play NICE!).  And yes I know, he's an egg.

Humpty Dumpty (EGG/DNA) sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the King’s horses and all the King’s men could not put Humpty back together again.

To understand this riddle fully, you need to recognize that the origin of Humpty is likely in the Middle Ages.  The Middle Ages is also where we find the Knights Templar and the search for the elixir of life (fountain of youth) and the Philosopher’s Stone (Gold from mercury).  Charles Dodgson was a Freemason, a devout Roman Catholic and a highly skilled mathematician.  Freemasons originate from the Knights Templar (Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (knowledge)). 

Throughout the Alice stories, and especially in Through the Looking Glass, Dodgson reveals these three facts about his life and clarifies Humpty in a dialog with Alice.  This curious exchange between Alice and Humpty in chapter 6 helps us understand the riddle further:

`And only one for birthday presents, you know.  There's glory for you!'

`I don't know what you mean by "glory,"' Alice said. 

Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously.  `Of course you don't -- till I tell you.  I meant, "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!"

`But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument,"' Alice objected. 

`When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.

 `The question is,' said Alice, `whether you can make words mean so many different things.' 

 `The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, `which is to be master - - that's all.' 

 Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again.  

`They've a temper, some of them -- particularly verbs, they're the proudest -- adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs -- however, I can manage the whole of them!  Impenetrability!  That's what I say!' 

Verbs are proud (men) and actively seeking knowledge.  Adjectives are easy to influence.  Verbs are hard to manage, but God can manage them all.


I purposely lead you down this rabbit’s hole slowly to let you solve the rest of the riddle for yourself.  The glory of man (above) is the birthday present when he is created, but the key to the riddle is in understanding what the word impenetrability means.  This is a mathematical reference to the fact that two bodies cannot occupy the same space.  In other words, evil and good cannot occupy the same space.  God made man good, not evil.  Regaining the former glory is impenetrable through the efforts of mankind alone.  You can draw further inferences by studying the history of Freenasonry and reading some of Dodgson’s poetry.

A final metaphor that relates to this riddle is found in the Genesis story of the fall of man in the garden of Eden.  There were two trees in the garden: the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  Satan tempts man with knowledge to get to the keys of the tree of life, using man’s potential as his conduit of choice.  He lies to man and tells him he can live forever.  God then says a curious thing:   


"The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil.  He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."

This is then the key to understanding the rest.  Remember that Dodgson was a devout believer, a Mason and a mathematician.  He understood the connection between Freemasonry and the biblical story of the garden.  Now, reread the story as it is in literal terms:

Man sat on the wall of choice when he was vulnerable like an egg on a wall.

Man took knowledge and used it before he was ready (before the egg hatched), and had a great fall (from God’s grace).  If he had just waited, he would have become his potential by hatching.

All of the King’s tools (technology) and all of the King’s men (Alchemists/Scientists/Mathematicians) could not put man back in his place of glory again.

You see, the riddle is actually a lament of what was lost.

Now that you see the riddle as I do, consider the sequencing of DNA and the Human Genome Project.  Now most people might stop here and be satisfied.  I’ll carry it further.  DNA contains the equivalent of 12 encyclopedias full of encoded language with three million characters and is in a four bit cipher that man cannot crack.  Reread God’s words from the garden in a completely new light:

 "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil.  He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."

If you think this is interesting, read the words of God from theTower of Babel when all of mankind spoke one language.  Notice what happens when they stretch out their hand to take what is not theirs to take:

Genesis 11

6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is (are) one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

The question is, are we now ready to hatch or are we traveling down the rabbit's hole in error?

According to Dodgson, it’s impenetrability.  As for me, I just have fun thinking about it.

I hope you have enjoyed my muse.  You may think I'm living in a fantasy world like Alice and my rabbit's hole is slightly too deep, but you can't blame me for trying.  It's Humpty Dumpty after all!