Physics - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/physics/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:09:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 The Force that Releases the World’s Animating Energies https://bahaiteachings.org/force-releases-worlds-animating-energies/ https://bahaiteachings.org/force-releases-worlds-animating-energies/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=31801 The Force that Releases the World’s Animating EnergiesAs a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/force-releases-worlds-animating-energies/feed/ 3 Quantum Mechanics, Modern Physics and the Baha’i Teachings https://bahaiteachings.org/quantum-mechanics-modern-physics-bahai-teachings/ https://bahaiteachings.org/quantum-mechanics-modern-physics-bahai-teachings/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=34492 Quantum Mechanics, Modern Physics and the Baha’i TeachingsWhen I reflect on the Baha’i teachings, which stunningly prefigure many of the discoveries of modern physics, I see an interesting pattern. As a physicist, I’ve noticed that most of...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/quantum-mechanics-modern-physics-bahai-teachings/feed/ 16 Finding Faith in Science: How We Form Our Deepest Beliefs https://bahaiteachings.org/finding-faith-in-science-how-we-form-our-deepest-beliefs/ https://bahaiteachings.org/finding-faith-in-science-how-we-form-our-deepest-beliefs/#comments Sat, 04 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86502 “Why do we believe certain things?” I asked my Facebook friend Ari. Such as, I said with a smiley emoji, “why you believe (in spite of a wealth of evidence)...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/finding-faith-in-science-how-we-form-our-deepest-beliefs/feed/ 1 Newtonian vs. Quantum Physics: How It Shapes Your Reality https://bahaiteachings.org/newtonian-vs-quantum-physics-how-it-shapes-your-reality/ https://bahaiteachings.org/newtonian-vs-quantum-physics-how-it-shapes-your-reality/#comments Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=84706 The Baha’i writings say that humanity “is possessed of two realities, as it were: a reality connected with the senses which is shared in common with the animal, and another...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/newtonian-vs-quantum-physics-how-it-shapes-your-reality/feed/ 5 Answering Two Major Scientific Challenges to Religion https://bahaiteachings.org/answering-two-major-scientific-challenges-to-religion/ https://bahaiteachings.org/answering-two-major-scientific-challenges-to-religion/#respond Thu, 05 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79314 Most religions have two consistent beliefs that popular understandings of physics appear to challenge – so how do the Baha’i teachings, which support the agreement of science and religion, respond?...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/answering-two-major-scientific-challenges-to-religion/feed/ 0 Is Physical Reality an Illusion? https://bahaiteachings.org/is-physical-reality-an-illusion/ https://bahaiteachings.org/is-physical-reality-an-illusion/#respond Fri, 15 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76290 If the universe is a hologram, what does that imply about our lives and how we operate in this world? Take a deep dive with me as I explore the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/is-physical-reality-an-illusion/feed/ 0 Life, Matter and the God Particle https://bahaiteachings.org/life-matter-god-particle/ https://bahaiteachings.org/life-matter-god-particle/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2020 13:00:04 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=34458 Many atheists believe that no Creator has ever existed—that instead, humans have invented a supernatural God to worship. In the course of defending that atheist worldview during an Intelligence Squared...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/life-matter-god-particle/feed/ 11 Quantum Entanglement, Prayer and Healing https://bahaiteachings.org/quantum-entanglement-prayer-healing/ https://bahaiteachings.org/quantum-entanglement-prayer-healing/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:00:01 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=53611 Einstein called it “Spooky Action at a Distance.” In quantum physics, entanglement is a term used to describe when joined particles stay connected – even when separated by great distances. ...

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