quantum theology

Quantum physics says that very small things are particles and waves at the same time. For example, an electron is like a spot and like a blur at the same time. It has a place and it doesn't altogether. Finding the electron is guesswork, or playing the odds.

God is like that, too. We can never say anything for sure about God: God is within each of us and far, far away at the same time. You can't pinpoint God, or capture God's nature. It's better to think about the odds of finding God.

Let's take a picture from chemistry. Because they are so small, electrons lose their particle nature and are better talked about like waves. The shape of these waves is often drawn in three dimensional probability pictures. These illustrations look like clouds, with a fog to show where you are more likely to find electrons. There are darker regions to show the best chance of finding an electron. Then, the shading fades into places of limited probability. There are even empty points where electrons are never found.

God is probable, too. There are places with high God-density (ex., a mosque, a museum, being in love), and places with less density (seventh grade, recent seasons of Saturday Night Live), even empty points (war, lies, corruption). So people find God by figuring the odds. You may not always find God in prayer, and you may even find God on YouTube. For humans, the God-empty place is often the experience of despair, when we think that the world is meaningless or pointless.