The metaphor hasn't set very well with me. I can't decide, however if I'm not thrilled with it for theological reasons (if God is the creator of all, how can a part of creation be God?) or metaphorical reasons (what do we mean by "God Particle?" Something that is God, provides insight into God? Speaks for what God is?). I'm not saying I don't think it is possible to use scientific data for insights into God, I do. I'm just saying that at the simplest level--naming a particle the God particle--doesn't seem to provide satisfactory insights in and of itself.
Today the Episcopal Daily Office lectionary offered up the a passage from Proverbs (Click for passage).
The passage is within a long meditation on Wisdom. Is this a better metaphor for the Higgs Boson? Is this the insight that the Higgs Boson will provide?


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