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[Henry Morris]

Science also has its paradoxes.

Space is infinite and yet is comprehended and measured only in terms of finite regions of space.

Time is eternal and yet is comprehended and measured only in terms of bounded increments of time.

Mass and energy are in principle inter-convertible, through nuclear fission or fusion reactions. E = Mc2 relates energy and mass to each other by the velocity of light (c). The motion is thus the foundation of the whole complex of phenomena which occur in the space-time universe. The ultimate motion in the physical universe, so far as we know, the velocity to which all lesser velocities must be referenced.

We can, therefore, speak of the universe as a “space-light-time” universe. It is significant that this motion of light is famous for its mysterious and paradoxical complementarity. It has the characteristics of both waves and particles, and yet it definitely behaves as a wave motion under some conditions and as a particle motion under others. This duality applies both in radiations of electro-magnetic energy and in the atomic structure of matter, in which the orbiting electron likewise behaves both as a particle and as a wave. The two disciplines of modern physics known as quantum mechanics and wave mechanics have been developed from these two concepts.

This paradox has never been resolved in a matter satisfying to all physicists, but in any case is considered to be innately realistic.

Therefore all physical reality has a dual nature, with the ultimate reconciliation of these apparently contradictory natures is involved in an intrinsic “uncertainty,” but that they likewise exist in perfect “complementarity.” Exactly the same statement can be made about the divine-human nature of Christ. His paradoxical nature is harmonious in every respect with the nature of the world in which we live.