[pbecke]

It seems to me that the fact of the speed of light being constant and the rest of our space-time universe, intra-relative, necessarily entails that:
a) light belongs to another order of reality, and
b) this order of reality is as superior to that of space-time as it is possible to be; signifying that, while light clearly interacts with space-time, being absolute in its nature and not contingent or relative to any other entity, its essential nature must be divine - be by some manner or means, a deity, just as most of mankind's religions, from the most primitive religions to Christianity, have always held.

I was baffled why no scientist or philosopher had addressed this subject, since, in the overall and ultimate scheme of things, it relegates our universe of space-time to a very footling status, and consequently our scientific questions to a similar level of inconsequentiality. However, I think that is itself the answer to the question. We tend to concetrate on what makes sense to us, to what we can use - and nowhere is this reductionism more extreme than in the sphere of science. Yet it seems that now our physics, finally approaching philosophy and theology in its focus, has at least proved our insignificance in the presence and under the influence of some kind of absolute, some kind of deity.

It has been said that Neils Bohr became fed up with Einstein's repeated references to God, and rebuked him for it. Which makes one suspect that, on on a certain level, he was well aware of the implication of light being an absolute entity. But isn't light held to be quasi-physical, rather than physical. Only Christianity, among mainstream religions, countenances the notion of God having become incarnate in some mysterious way - without leaving Heaven, moreover. Little wonder, perhaps, that even the most innovative of scientific thinkers should prefer to concentrate on the area "proper" to his discipline.

I originally thought this might be an appropriate thread, but now I can't imagine why. I'm going to try to find for a more appropriate thread, post it there, and delete this.