Monday, January 16, 2023

Spiritual Life and Spaghettification

 Black holes "spaghettify" stars if the star approaches too closely.

"Suprisingly, the stars that fully and partially disrupt aren't cleanly divided by mass. The sun-like star, along with those with a .15 , .3, and .7 solar masses survive their close encounters. But stars with .4, .5, 3 and 10 times the sun's mass are completely torn apart. The difference between survival and destruction depends on the star's internal density."

I don't understand why the star with a .7 solar mass doesn't succumb; but I'm fascinated by the idea that the star's internal density determines its survival. (It reminded me of the parable of the sower and the seeds.) What if our spiritual survival depends on our "spiritual density"? The next question would then be, how do we increase our spiritual density?

A FB friend commented on my post:

I think most Western Christians have a relatively low spiritual density. In my thoughts on this idea, the amount of matter at the core if our spiritual being is made of 2 primary elements and some secondary molecules. Our core elements are Scripture and prayer. As Jesus modeled and taught us, we must spend time in prayer; without prayer we are running on fumes; i.e. low density. We also must be regularly fed by Scripture and we must feed our souls with this core element to have the strength to act on our faith; too low a density here and we also risk being “spaghettified” by the black holes in our lives that tug at our core of our spiritual center. Adding to this elemental core are a few other molecules formed by the interaction of prayer and Scripture: love and worship of the creator and love for others.
The very early Christians often were made to spend weeks, months, or even years in growth before even being allowed to be baptized because the church leaders wanted make sure there was going to be enough density there to withstand the pull and dangers of a very pagan world in which they lived.
https://www.livescience.com/black-hole-spaghettified-star-doughnut

https://www.livescience.com/black-hole-spaghettified-star-doughnut


 

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