Does the Universe Have Atoms?

The First Scientific Proof of God answers this question, but very differently than one expects

Since all things found in the universe can be divided into smaller portions, all ancient and modern scientists have agreed that all things in the universe are formed out of indivisible atoms. These ancient scientists became known as the Atomists. They could agree on the definition of an atom as a thing that can be divided until it can no longer be divided. But, they never found any atoms. When modern science emerged, modern scientists again began to search for the universes’ atoms. The early modern atomic scientists became known as chemists, who made a Periodic Table of all chemical atoms they found. Later, modern particle physicists discovered that the chemical atoms are divisible atoms because they could be split with high energy atom smashers. The latest effort in the search for the atoms of’ string theorists,’ who say that their strings are zero-sized particles because they have only one dimension – length. A string is viewed as a filament of vibrating energy that has gravity.

In historical stories about atoms, the atomic theory of Gottfried Leibniz is not found because the writer of such stories cannot cope with his atom because it is spiritual. Leibniz called his spiritual atom a monad and described it in his writings on Monadology. (See Parkinson, G. H. R. (1973) Leibniz Philosophical Writings, London: J. M. Dent & Sons.) I use a spiritual atom in my modern creation theory, which is discussed in Part IV of The First Scientific Proof of God. A spiritual atom is necessary when God is considered because a spiritual/infinite God and His created physical/finite things must be mediated by something common to God and all created things.

Accordingly, absolute and relative atoms exist. The mediating spiritual atoms are absolute, permanent, and unchanging whereas the atoms found in the universe are relative atoms that underlie the changes of all created things. The universe thus has atoms. But, physical scientists should not expect string theory to expose any absolute atoms because the universe contains only relative atoms that produce maximums and differing emergent things. However, my book shows that the spiritual atoms give man a great gift, his eternal life. Only God can give this kind of gift. New research should be initiated as soon as possible because these atoms could reveal many new secrets about the universe.