Explain the method by which God can break (into smithereens) the laws of physics... please?

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I mean... we wouldn't even call them laws if the entirety of all we can be aware of didn't abide by them...
.... And whenever an exception to the laws of physics is found and confirmed, they have to be re-written to account for the method by which they were broken before....
How the hell can the laws of physics or indeed ANY governing laws of reality be rewritten to compensate for an omnipotent being.... and how is this supposed to influence our everyday lives?

William D :~ For all intents and purposes... the laws of physics are a proxy by which humanity can better come to understand the workings of the Universe around them.... by building consistancies that all testable appears to be bound by.
If it is revealed that all such limiting consistancies can be broken however, and the means by which they are broken not readily determined.... then essentially the very existence of the "rules" becomes no more than a joke.

Want to see messing of such laws? Most of the antics described in the bible fall under such a category.

Answer 1

Most of the laws of physics that we live by everyday encompass middle conditions, i.e., conditions that allow human life to thrive in proximity to the physical surroundings. Mathematical models tend to be accurate within this middle range. When we get to the very large and very small (i.e. gravitation, quantum mechanics, string theory, etc.), the 'laws' of physics are more speculative. We are the ones who create the laws by experiment and reproduction of results. Physics as a science is incomplete and evolving; no law is set in stone for all time. we ourselves can break these laws, given the proper conditions. The result would be rewritten laws, not lawless humans, however. If we posit a God in the works, how would we know if God caused the laws of physics to be broken, or if we just simply had incomplete knowledge of the aspects in question? The laws would have to be rewritten by Man to adhere to the observed universe that may or may not manifest by the hand of God. The action of "God breaking the laws of physics" is unknowable therefore. Any physical manifestation, whether natural or divine or what have you, must eventually be incorporated into the body of "physical laws," once proper mathematical and conceptual frameworks can be worked out.

EDIT: You bring up a good point, Jeancommunicates. The term "laws" seems to be understood as two different things, without a clear delineation of which is meant. You refer to God's laws, which I, as a scientific thinker, translate as the "laws of the Universe." The laws of physics, however, I understand merely as the state of Man's knowledge concerning this Universe. Two sets of "laws." As Physics is a manmade science, it stands to evolve as Man continues to study his surroundings. But also the Universe is not merely standing still waiting on us. In the universal sense, I consider these "Universal Laws" to be less accessible by scientific method, except by piecemeal steps, as it has always been. Man's vision is, of necessity, limited by his position in the cosmos and the state of his learning. A posited God would, of course, have a more complete view and thus, I await His book on Physics as it would be a ripping good read! (I suspect I wouldn't understand much of it though). I will be content with my mere incomplete knowledge and take the unseen as unknown.

Answer 2

Physics relates to Matter. When one is connected with God, one no more is within the ambit of physics or Physical Law but is with Metaphysical or Quantum Laws or Spiritual realm and beyond. Spiritual is that which relates to the Spirit or the Being within.For those who lives within the physical world the actions of those who has transcended the physical plane would seem like breaking the physical laws whereas they are in their own eyes and the God's eyes within the physical as well as the Quantum Laws. In order to have the larger vision one has to scale the Mountain peak; still some are myopic or the power of eye is limited, even if there is no fog to hinder the view. The deceptiveness is within the beholder.whose potential to discern is confined within the Material levels of his consciousness.

Answer 3

Calm down. God set those laws for you in nature and matter. In all that you do and in all that you discover, remember God is an orderly God. God says, "I am Spirit and a consuming fire." Sounds like energy to me, but then I'm not a Physicist. This Spirit and consuming fire can manifest into a human also.

You don't need to rewrite anything. God wrote the laws to begin with and He gave us His book the Bible so we could understand. So as you discover new things in science you can stand in awe of God instead of man. It is God who created it all and not man or chance. Give respect where respect is due. The Great Lawgiver is due your respect.

Tell me, by man's understanding how God spoke it into existence. I stand in awe of God. There are many questions I would like answered also, but I know God and there are some questions that He will answer in eternity, but not now.
God does say that He does nothing unless He tells His prophets first. God does promise that He will never leave us or forsake us. God does promise that heaven and earth may pass away but His word will not pass away. There is something about the Word of God that is ALL POWERFUL.

Answer 4

What if in another dimension you live in the laws of Physics is different. Some were added, some were removed and some were altered from the Physics you know in this dimension. You find it hard to believe that something can break the laws of Physics because you can't imagine what it would be like without them.

Answer 5

Let's see, for a second here I'm going to pretend like there is a 'God' like the one described in the bible, and I'm going to ignore the blatant conflicts in logic contained in it.

If there was a God who was truly 'omnipotent', and created the universe as we know it, then he would have been the one to create the laws of physics, and so he would know how to get around them.

If he found it necessary to break one, he could always put it back the way it was before. Or he could leave it - and you wouldn't know any different.

Believing in any of that, however, would require quite a bit of self-delusion, otherwise known as 'faith'.

Answer 6

For one thing, God exists outside of time and space so He is not subject to those boundaries. For another thing, God can create something from what to us would seem to be "nothing". He can by the power of his will "speak" things into existence. Last of all, God is a spirit and so He is not bound by the physical laws of this universe. That's why for instance when Jesus was resurrected from the dead He could just appear in a locked room and then disappear without going through the door.

Answer 7

In my mind God is the creator of those laws and he mostly works within them. Mostly, because sometimes he seems to find it necessary to work around them, in my experience!

But if you are talking about people not accepting science facts because of what they think they should believe, I agree with you. Only, this is the small-mindedness of human beings. It's not a matter of God breaking his own laws!

Answer 8

Physics is fine with an omnipotent being, but it doesnt predict the existence of one. Still if anyone finds a stray God wondering about that suddenly puts a spanner in the works, Im sure we will need a rethink.

Answer 9

Fictional characters are not bound by the laws of physics ... as natural laws only govern the real world, and not made up ones.

Answer 10

The laws of physics apply to physical matter.

God is not physical matter and God is not energy the same way that light and electricity are energy.

God is love.