13.7 billion years and three hours since the initial big bang, just a few musings as I sit here in [very religious] Jerusalem, on the second big bang experiment in Switzerland underway today. I’m already hearing voices here calling the experiment ‘megalomania’ – that we’re getting too close to God’s secrets, and why would we want to recreate creation?

Knesset Member, Avraham Ravitz of United Torah Judaism had only praise for the experiment, saying he keeps a close eye on the developments of science. “Used to be that people thought science and religion could not co-exist. But the more science advances, the more people realize that there is a higher power, or God, or whatever you choose to call it, behind things,” the ultra-Orthodox MK said. Continue reading →