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Researchers in Geneva, Switzerland, will soon be operating a new particle accelerator in hopes of finding evidence of the Higgs boson (also referred to as the “God particle”), a subatomic element which may explain how atoms have mass.

Nobel laureate Leon Lederman has dubbed the theoretical boson “the God particle” because its discovery could unify understanding of particle physics and help humans “know the mind of God.”

So, what does it mean if they find evidence of the “God particle”? What if they don’t?

I’m reminded of an old song by Christian band The Choir, “Children of Time”:

Columbus sailed across the sea
To trouble our theology
What goes up still comes down
But where is Heaven when the world is round?
The cosmonauts were first in space
To look for God and find no trace
With a killer cloud of reason for rhyme
The devil enlightens the children of time