I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Light is a form of energy that stimulate our sense of vision. It is one of the most important forms of energy. Visible light s the visible part of the electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the eyes – be it the eyes of animals or otherwise. Light is both a particle and a wave. Our primary source of light on earth is the Sun, the moon and the stars are additional sources of light. Fire is also a form of light as it gives both light and heat. In our modern times we have been able to create other sources of light via electricity. Light is very important to life. Despite light being part of the electromagnetic radiation, it is the only one that is naturally visible to the human eye. Our retinal cones and rods are designed to only be stimulated by a specific wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation. This is what gives us vision. Beyond this wavelength there exist other part of the electromagnetic radiation that we cannot see. The electromagnetic spectrum and radiation is seen as both a particle and a wave.The electromagnetic waves in each of these bands have different characteristics, such as how they are produced, how they interact with matter, and their practical applications.
There are Gamma Rays, X-Rays, UV rays and infrared rays, microwaves, FM,AM and Radio Waves. We can only see in a small fraction of this electromagnetic radiation. Our eyes are designed to see just a small part – the visible spectrum. Hence for people to say that there is no visible evidence for a supreme being or other entities is very limiting. We know from empirical study and physics that there exists other EMR (Electromagnetic Radiation) which we can harness. We use microwaves to warm our foods- but we cannot see it. Does this means it does not exist? We send messages and tons of information via radio waves and WIFI, we cannot see radio waves with our naked and unaided eyes, does that mean it does not exist?
What if God or the forces that manges the universe exists beyond the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum? What if there exist beings who our eyes have not been designed to see. We may never be able to see them now because we do not have the technology to enable us to visualize this entities. Although we cannot see infrared rays, we can use other forms of technology such as thermal imaging to visualize infrared rays. Snakes and other species can see in this Infrared rays spectrum. Why is this possible? – Because they have been designed or evolved to be able to see within such a spectrum. Bats uses echolocation to visualize their way at night.
In the book of Isaiah, it is mentioned that God said he formed the light and the darkness. This means that God formed at least the visible spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation. It also says he created the darkness. Darkness is defined as the absence of light or minimal illumination. The darkness is all the other part of the electromagnetic radiation that we cannot see naturally. It is all the other spectrum, from gamma rays to radio waves. Darkness is simply the absence of visible light. That means all the other part of EMR that is not we cannot visibly see. If God formed the light and created the darkness, then that means he created the EMR.
What if for each part of the electromagnetic radiation, there are entities that God created that can only see per each spectrum? Just as humans and animals can see in the visible spectrum (specific wavelength and frequency) , the other entities can see in infrared, or UV or radio waves. And just as light is very important for humans and has several use case, so the other part of the EMR of which we are now able to harness. Because of the broadness of the EMR, the other entities which have been designed to see in a particular part of the electromagnetic radiation, may not even need the light of the sun. They can dwell in darkness or better said in the absence of the light, and function perfectly. There exist several species that do not have our form of eyes and they function properly. There are aquatic organisms in the deepest and darkest part of the sea that survive pretty well without light. Could there be celestial or terrestrial or subterranean beings that are designed to see in darkness and therefore we can never see and they do not need our Sun to thrive?
There is so much we do not know about our universe. We are just scratching the surface. This is one of the reason, I believe we cannot say for sure if God exist or doesn’t exist. Our concepts of God across the various centuries and religions may be faulty but that does not mean there is no supreme entity or entities or forces that manages and designs all these vastness of the universe.
There is more to see and to know
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