Matt Jones' Random Acts of Verbiage

The strong nuclear force is what holds the protons in an atom’s nucleus together via interactions between gluons and quarks (sub-atomic particles). If this force did not exist protons we repel each other because of the electromagnetic force and atoms could not form. If the electromagnetic force did not exist, negatively charged electrons would not be bound to the positively charged nucleus and atoms could not form. Good thing they are there, eh? I find it amazing how God setup the universe.

David from He Lives has up a post that I wanted to share with you that sheds some more light on the forces of the atom: Go Nuclear On Me. He notes a few things about the strength of the nuclear forces that are extremely interesting (but read the entire post):

If the strong nuclear force were just 4 percent stronger, the diproton would form, which would cause stars to so rapidly exhaust their nuclear fuel as to make complex life impossible. On the other hand, if the strong nuclear force were just 10 percent weaker, carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen would be radioactive and again life would be impossible.

Now some might claim this as some form of the anthropic principle, but personally I just see this as another piece of God’s hand in the world in which He has created. How awesome is science?