The Doctrine of the Trinity Mirrored at the Sub-Atomic Level

At the Quantum level there are particles that are literally three (and other numbers) and one at the same time. You cannot weigh only one, observe only one, or “remove” one from the three, or else the whole particle disappears. In other words, the particle cannot be spoken of as simply one, or simply three. Thus, at a very micro level of reality we see a way of explaining the Trinity. For years, those religious groups (like the Jehovah’s Witnesses) that were founded when enlightenment-style science ruled the day have harped about how the Trinity is pure intellectual nonsense. Quantum physics, at the least, tells us that the world is more complex and mysterious than scientists had previously thought, so we now can speak of something being fundamentally three and one at the same time.

So explains David Bennett, who reminds us that "St. Thomas used Aristotelean ideas to better understand the faith" and [t]he early Fathers used Platonism to better express and categorize Christian mysteries, including the Trinity" — Quantum Physics and Christianity? Simpleton that I am, I find Saint Patrick's method a bit easier to grasp — Using the Shamrock to teach the Trinity.

[link via A conservative blog for peace]