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fandomtownies2009-08-27 01:09 pm
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Our Lady of Fandom, Thursday
Castiel had been at a bit of a loss when it came time to prepare his sermon, this week. Every time he sat down to write it, he got distracted by wondering if an image of a tree really could compare to the tree itself, and how it was that a hamster could be both miniature and giant at the same time.
It'd been one of those weeks.
The congregation probably should have braced themselves when they saw him approach the pulpit with his laptop in hand. They definitely should have when he opened it up and poked at it for a bit before getting to the sermon.
"I was skiing the web last night --" Oh Castiel. "-- when I encountered a notation regarding a scientist named Erwin Schrödinger."
Run for your lives, congregation. Or, at least, your sanity. Castiel was attempting to tackle quantum physics.
He went on to talk briefly about Schrödinger's life before he dug into the real heart of the matter, being that damned cat. And while he really very much could put the decoherence into quantum decoherence, it would soon become clear that what fascinated Castiel was not so much the idea of the cat being both alive and dead simultaneously until it could be observed, but the fact that a human had figured this out. Not just any human, but a scientist. The ones who felt the need to observe everything had worked out the very essence of the wonders of the unobservable.
You see, Castiel was quick to point out, this cat, this cat in the box, that's both alive and dead until you look at it, it was the perfect metaphor for the Lord. The Lord is unobservable, you see, even by all but the highest-ranking and most important of his servants. And it was that unobservability that allowed him to be omnipotent, omniscient, and especially, omnipresent. Observing the Lord in a single spot would, according to quantum physics, lock Him into that spot. Observing his power would lock him into that level of power. Observing -- okay, Castiel wasn't sure how you'd observe knowledge, but you get the point. Without the empirical evidence demanded by man's "scientific method" -- in other words, the observation -- the Lord both existed and didn't exist simultaneously. And, really, what more proof of His glory and wonder was needed than his ability to be the perfect model of a completely unprovable scientific theory?
He was rather sad that Temperance Brennan would not be here for this sermon. He was certain she'd have lots to say about it.
[ooc: the usual mini OCD isa-comin'. up! And away we go!]
It'd been one of those weeks.
The congregation probably should have braced themselves when they saw him approach the pulpit with his laptop in hand. They definitely should have when he opened it up and poked at it for a bit before getting to the sermon.
"I was skiing the web last night --" Oh Castiel. "-- when I encountered a notation regarding a scientist named Erwin Schrödinger."
Run for your lives, congregation. Or, at least, your sanity. Castiel was attempting to tackle quantum physics.
He went on to talk briefly about Schrödinger's life before he dug into the real heart of the matter, being that damned cat. And while he really very much could put the decoherence into quantum decoherence, it would soon become clear that what fascinated Castiel was not so much the idea of the cat being both alive and dead simultaneously until it could be observed, but the fact that a human had figured this out. Not just any human, but a scientist. The ones who felt the need to observe everything had worked out the very essence of the wonders of the unobservable.
You see, Castiel was quick to point out, this cat, this cat in the box, that's both alive and dead until you look at it, it was the perfect metaphor for the Lord. The Lord is unobservable, you see, even by all but the highest-ranking and most important of his servants. And it was that unobservability that allowed him to be omnipotent, omniscient, and especially, omnipresent. Observing the Lord in a single spot would, according to quantum physics, lock Him into that spot. Observing his power would lock him into that level of power. Observing -- okay, Castiel wasn't sure how you'd observe knowledge, but you get the point. Without the empirical evidence demanded by man's "scientific method" -- in other words, the observation -- the Lord both existed and didn't exist simultaneously. And, really, what more proof of His glory and wonder was needed than his ability to be the perfect model of a completely unprovable scientific theory?
He was rather sad that Temperance Brennan would not be here for this sermon. He was certain she'd have lots to say about it.
[ooc: the usual mini OCD is
Don't talk to Cass
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He sucked at this whole church thing.
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Okay, a lot confused. But she figured that even if she didn't understand quantum physics, her faith shouldn't suffer.
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His father had definitely never brought any of this up. Nor had any bishop he'd ever met. Or priest. Or anyone.
Talk to Cass
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YOU ARE SO CLEVAR.
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