More on negating quantum physics' approval of Christian Science and Vedanta

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We have already seen that quantum physics does not prove Christian Science and likely Vedanta (here).  Below is an article which seems to try to prove that Christian Science is indeed related to quantum physics.  Please refer to the first article already cited (here) to refute these claims.  However, it is important to see how Christian Science and Vedanta try to twist facts about quantum physics to prove their theories.  Christian Science is simpler than Vedanta and so the connection is easier to refute.  It is likely Hindus use similar arguments as below to try to prove Vedanta, be forearmed. 

https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2156&context=etd

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Science and spirituality as applied to OD: the unique Christian Science perspective: a qualitative research study

Charlotte Booth charsmailrb@yahoo.com

Christian Science and Quantum Physics 

Eddy (1875) states, "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all" (p. 468). A bold statement where she defines existence and life. This was a different type of science and religion that was a departure from mainstream thought during her day (Lang, 2019). Since God is understood as being entirely spiritual, a spiritual being that fills all space, one might ask how did men, women, and children become material human beings? CS argues that they are not; that what we experience in the material world, and even a physical body, is simply a manifestation of our perception and beliefs. This is where theories of QP might be considered.

"Quantum physics is the study of what everything is made of and how it behaves at the atomic and subatomic levels" (Sha & Xiu, 2018, p.2-2). It is the study of life itself. QP has already proved that what appears to be solid matter is not necessarily so and that there is an all-encompassing energy that exists everywhere (Sha & Xiu, 2018). Quantum mechanics study and explain how the smallest particles and energy behave, noticing that matter itself does not exist until it is measured and observed. However, measurement cannot happen without consciousness and conscious thought has to precede observation (Gerber, Russ, & Doyle, 2002). This is important as we look at human behavior, group behavior, and origins of consciousness because physics is foundational to biology and psychology. Doyle (2018) discusses how experiments in QP have asserted that consciousness is a field rather than a particle. A field which exists everywhere, not an electron in the brain.

Some QP theories could have a direct impact on how we look at human existence, interaction, and behavior. For example, consider the research of how particles of matter behave. The Double Slit experiment shows that a particle behaves differently depending on whether it is observed or not. A particle shot through two slits will behave like a wave if no one (or thing) is watching it but, once it is observed, it acts like a particle (Darling, 2007). CS principles align with this in that it suggests that what we experience in our day to day life is based on beliefs, expectations, perceptions, and assumptions, and they may not necessarily be reality. CS examines how our observation or focused thought can influence our state of health and our day to day experience, including our interaction with others. CS principles assert that if, instead, our reasoning starts with the basis that God fills all space and is all good as cause, the effect would have to be different and more in line with an all-good God (Eddy, 1875, p. 114). In other words, CS starts from a different deductive premise than a physical universe and therefore rejects a picture of what the five material senses often report as reality. Some could offer that a large part of what we experience today is due to social constructionism, and CS provides a different opportunity to discuss and define what reality is (Camargo-Borges & Rasera, 2013

One study of QP suggested the presence of an energy force that fills all space. Quantum physicists supported what Scottish theoretical physicist Peter Higgs theorized back in 1964, an existence of a field of energy, the Higgs Field, that is all-encompassing (Bussey, 2016, p. 22). If we look at where quantum physics intersects spirituality, we have a new level of consciousness and connectedness to consider. For example, the effects of positive thinking and visioning can be seen in a scientific light when you understand that when a particle is observed, it changes its behavior and creates a different effect, and that this effect could be felt over an all-encompassing field.

CS goes beyond positive thinking in that it defines the core of existence as an all-encompassing God, a universal consciousness made up of only good, not just an energy field that is subject to the whims of chaos. CS also asserts that how we choose to focus our thought and what we expect to see can impact experience and enable us to see more clearly the existence of the all-good universal consciousness (Eddy, 1875, p. xi).