Energy explained, again (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, March 24, 2017, 13:43 (2801 days ago) @ dhw

QUOTE: "'There is no physical “essence” of energy, and no such thing as “pure energy”. Energy is always carried by something, usually in the form of movement.”

Dhw: This caught my eye, since you have suggested that your God is “pure energy”, and prior to his creation of the universe, there was nothing except conscious “pure energy”. The article is not concerned with metaphysics, but it does raise the issue of definition in relation to your idea of the first cause. If energy is always “carried by something”, I’m not sure how it can actually exist without matter.
You see the problem?

David: No. God can be whatever He wants to be. He does not necessarily fit the energy/matter physics theories as we know them. After all He sits behind Heisenberg's wall of uncertainty. See the entry today about his wall.

dhw: One might perhaps put it another way. Since he sits/hides behind a wall of uncertainty – or alternatively, there may nothing at all behind this wall of uncertainty – God can be whatever you want him to be.

Of course God can be whatever seems right. That's faith for you!