Believing the Impossible

For years, classical physics taught that there was nothing faster than the speed of light. But A physicist at the European Organization of Nuclear Research in Switzerland introduced the concept of instantaneous non-locality. Instantaneous non-locality is a term which allows instantaneous effects to act over arbitrarily long distances. A cause happening at one point, can thus have an instantaneous effect at the other end of the universe and at all points in between, even faster than the speed of light.

The point of this week's study is not to prove or disprove instantaneous non-locality. Bell’s Theorem redefined for the world of physics what is and what is not possible.

Two weeks ago I talked about Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and we explored the concept that absolutely nothing is certain. There is always a range of uncertainty in the world. This week, we are going to explore the refining of possibility. Bell was not the first to redefine what is and what is not possible. Long before Bell theorized that something was faster than anyone thought possible, our Savior challenged us to live in the realm of possibilities. He challenged us that there is always a range of possibility. He did it with four words: "All things are possible". (Luke 1:37). 


This week, I am going to challenging the validity of your (and mine) faith in the words of Jesus. Do we really believe what He said? Is it possible that "real" life has so jaded our faith, that we don't really believe that everything is a possibility? No cute answers. No getting off the hook with reasonable answers. "Well, I believe everything is possible...it's just not probable." The heroes of our faith didn't live that way. They lived in the realm of possibility. It didn't matter how big the problem, how small the problem. They believed God could (and would) do anything and everything!

Do you?