EDITORIALS

Call it a wrinkle in time

Somehow it all sounds quite familiar

“NEW YORK - Researchers said they have spotted evidence that a split-second after the Big Bang, the newly formed universe ballooned out at a pace so astonishing that it left behind ripples in the fabric of the cosmos.”-Associated Press, March 17, 2014.

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”-Genesis, Chapter 1.

AND HOW. It’s not as if He left this work of art and illumination unsigned. Telltale traces of His handiwork keep showing up, like a finely penned Rembrandt covered by layers of varnish and time almost overlooked in a distant corner of the canvas.

Talk about a Night Watch, this one took years of telescopic observation, a team of scientists, and lots of luck to prove successful. Or was it fate? Or just an ability to see what was there all the time, every night when we look up at the night sky? For “day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge,” to quote that physics text known as the 19th Psalm.

“The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible,” said a theoretical physicist who did more than his part to comprehend it a century ago. His name was Einstein, and wasn’t it he who called cosmic background radiation the most beautiful thing in the universe? And that was long before this latest evidence of its source came to light, literally.

The author of the Theory of General Relativity was confident such evidence would be found someday, which may be why this month’s “astonishing” find is no longer as astonishing as when Einstein theorized it. Now, sure enough, it’s shown up. Like the world’s biggest and shortest and longest flash.

Why does the evidence of Creation keep being found? Why did He sign his work? Even if it might take the experts, like art historians who dedicate their lives to finding the provenance of some painting, to come across some revealing clue and confirm that, why, yes, this is indeed the master’s work. Maybe it’s because, to quote Dr. Einstein again, “the Lord God is subtle, but He is not malicious.” Is that why He left clues everywhere for another of his even more astonishing creations to keep finding?

Editorial, Pages 16 on 03/29/2014

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