Christians/atheists: Is energy made up of matter?

Question

Refer back to the question please.

Alright if energy is matter, and it took energy to create this Big Bang explosion, where did this matter from energy come from?

And if matter is energy, where did this complex process of energy in matter come about?

Set: God is not claimed to be of a physical world, but of the spiritual world outside of time/space. Also note that there would HAVE to be SOMETHING that first came or has always been, in existence. Since energy is of the physical world, it cannot claim to be infinite, whereas we can claim God to be infinite because He is outside of time.

nacsez: You expect me to believe you're right because your a physicist? Does that mean should believe the archeologist who makes a finding consistent with the Bible, just because he's an archeologist?

PD: Evolution is a theory not a fact.

Theophilus makes a good point. Energy needs matter to act.

PD- No, not like the theory of gravity.

Answer 1

I believe that energy is indeed made of matter. My physics prof was dong quantum physics research, and it took almost no time before I understood that it really has to be that way.
You might like the movie "What the Bleep Do We Know". Excellent look at energy, science, and spirituality.

Answer 2

Imagine energy like this and compare it to the Holy Spirit:
You know electricity exists because when you turn on a light or the computer they work. The Holy Spirit from God is like this also. With the Holy Spirit you get energized from God into spiritual greatness.

Of course electricity is energy and the Holy Spirit is also an energy, a spiritual energy.

If you get hit by lightning or if you get hit by volts from a light socket then you feel the power of the energy.

A tornado or a hurricane have tremendous energy built up in them also. Sort of like an overcharged battery let loose.

Gasoline is made from oil and once we put gasoline into a gas tank and run the engine then the engine burns the gasoline/oil and makes the energy the car needs to drive.

Human beings need matter to make the energy to use in cars, homes, etc., like oil is matter, natural gas is matter (a matter that cannot be seen but smelled). Energy cannot be seen, it is an action but in the physical world matter is needed to live and to get energy like from the food we eath, the cars we drive (oil), the lights we need for housing, the heat we need in the winter. And notice all this energy we need is always put into action by burning.

God is a spirit and He don't need matter to make energy. Once we are God's spiritual children then we also don't need matter to work with God's Holy Spirit (the energy we receive from God as His children.) All living things need food which turns into energy after their body burns it/ digests it. Without food/ matter there is no energy.

So now you can see that energy is not a matter but all energy needs matter to be produced except God's spiritual energy the Holy Spirit. Now do you see how special God is?

Answer 3

Actually matter is made of energy. In Genesis 2:2 the word 'work' was the only word in the original language to cover energy. The technical word 'energy' had no meaning to that culture. So the verses could refer to God saying He rested after all the energy He had made from nothing.

Answer 4

Energy and matter are essentially one in the same. Einstein's most famous equation shows us that and every time a nuclear bomb was detonated we saw his equation in action.

Energy is simply the mass x speed of light squared.

Thus a small amount of Uranium can produce a tremendous amount of energy.

Matter is comverted into energy all the time. Burn a peice of wood for instance and what do you see and feel. Heat and light - both forms of energy.

MAJOR EDIT

james.durocher states that darwin denounced the Big Bang theory. I would like to know how this was possible considering that Darwin was dead when Big Bang theory was developed.

Answer 5

what on earth does this have to do with Religion/Spirituality? please reference your line of thinking.

and as a physicist, i can tell you it is the other way around. matter is made up of energy.

EDIT: no i dont expect you to believe me BECAUSE im a physicist, but i would expect you to take my answer under serious consideration as i have spent a great portion of my life studying such things.
if youre trying to do the whole "first mover" "first cause" thing, i hate to break it to you, but Thomas Aquinas has already beat you to it, and he didnt have any more luck than you are having right now convincing people that God must exist, though his arguments are considered solid philosophical arguments by most in the educated community.
As for energy being part of this world, there is a way to measure energy in this world, but energy isnt actually a thing, its a relation between things. its an IDEA. and as such, it can be though of as existing in this world, but also as being not of this world all together.
youre absolutist position does you more harm than anything by discounting possibilities which you have no evidence to discount. you only serve to project confusion into the social climate and detract from genuine philosophical/spiritual discussions. check yo self, fool

Answer 6

Another Science question in the R & S section !

Try asking a Physicist in this section:

Home > Science & Mathematics > Physics

But to try and answer your question,
No, matter is made up of particles ( atoms and molecules ). When you split an atom you release the energy. The Energy itself is not made up of atoms and particles

Answer 7

What does it matter?

Where did God come from?

Why can't energy claim to be infinite just because it is part of the physical world? Does your God have no energy? It's the same old argument... I can't explain it so it must be God. Not very convincing to me anyway, but if it works for you, great. You evidently comprehend things that I can't; such as a term 'outside time'... I can't even comprehend eternal. I think it is wiser to admit ignorance than to claim knowledge when knowledge is different from mere belief and since your claims cannot be verified they are not true knowledge.

Answer 8

I think the question can be asked without focusing simply on energy or matter per se.

In other words: From where did this physical universe come?

Answer 9

God........ are you happy now?

energy and matter are different forms of the same thing

kind of like ice and water - but more complicated

and of course evolution is a fact and a theory, just like gravity


edit

your right - far more is understood about evolution

Answer 10

Consolidation of gasses and space rocks and debris from much older and distinct galaxies that send parts of themselves on their way like those meteorites that fly past sometimes. Just wait till the next one is coming this way in our near future.

If you ever get a chance have a look through one of those man made telescopes that can see further than the eye will ever see.