The stardust drifted thru space until gravity coalesced it into a whirling mass that became our sun and its planets. The energy from the sun - sunlight - is what feeds us and animates us. The food we eat is built of stardust and photosynthesis, the photosynthesis of course being run by sunlight.

Interestingly enough, the stardust and the sunlight have a common origin: Gravity. Gravity is what makes a star in the first place, drawing together the Hydrogen and other elements into a sphere and compressing the sphere until its nuclear fusion engine ignites. It's the force of gravity that generates the pressure that presses two positively charged protons (Hydrogen nuclei) together with enough force to cause them to fuse into Helium, releasing energy that we call starlight/sunlight. It's gravity, that when Hydrogen is depleted, makes a supermassive star continue to fuse even heavier elements like Carbon, Oxygen, Neon, Sodium, Magnesium and so on, until its core turns to Iron. At this point, atoms (even subatomic particles) are packed in so closely that fusion no longer releases energy into the star. It is now solely supported by electron degeneracy pressure -- the quantum mechanical law that prohibits two electrons from occupying the same quantum state.

When the core is massive enough, even electron degeneracy won't support the star and it collapses. Protons and electrons in the core merge, releasing a tremendous amount of energy and neutrinos. This, in turn, powers a shockwave that tears through the star ejecting its remains violently into space as it totally explodes into a supernova, the force of the explosion making even more elements as well as scattering the resulting stardust out into space where gravity can eventually pull it together again to make a new star and its planets.

It seems that heaven and earth were created by Gravity. But wait - that's supposed to have been the doing of God! Could it be that Gravity and God are the same? Let's check this out:

• Created the heaven and the earth. As discussed above, definitely due to Gravity.
    Yes _X_   No ___

• Created all the plants and animals, including humans. They are all due to sunlight animating stardust, which of course is due to Gravity.
    Yes _X_   No ___

• Sets the course of the moon and stars, planets and comets. Yep, definitely Gravity at work.
    Yes _X_   No ___

• Located everywhere. Well, for sure Gravity is everywhere - on the earth, in the water, in the sugar bowl, inside your mouth and at the furthest star.
    Yes _X_   No ___

• Works in Mysterious Ways. The scientists can tell you how much gravitational force there is in a location, but they haven't got a clue as to how Gravity works - or why everything in the universe is attracted to everything else in the universe. The way in which Gravity works is a mystery.
    Yes _X_   No ___

• Violating the LAW does not go over well. Well, if you violate the Law of Gravity, you'll fall on your face.
    Yes _X_   No ___

• Causes the rain to fall on the just and the unjust. For sure Gravity is what causes the rain to fall. But wait, you say - what about causing the clouds to form in the first place and moving the clouds over the just and the unjust? Well, it's sunlight (caused by Gravity!) that evaporates the water to make the clouds, and again it's sunlight that provides the energy that we experience as the wind that moves the clouds around.
    Yes _X_   No ___

• Is Love. Where there is love, there is attraction, not repulsion or neutrality. For sure Gravity is a attractive force.
    Yes _X_   No ___

Of course Gravity doesn't run a gated community called Heaven. Gravity doesn't listen to prayers (let alone answer them!). And Gravity doesn't have any kids to send here to save you. Your salvation/liberation is a do-it-yourself project. Luckily clear instructions have been provided by previous Gravity generated beings. But remember, all the things created by Gravity are subject to decay; you better diligently work on your liberation. Best wishes for success in that project.

Leigh Brasington
January, 2010

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