scientifically informed theists know that modern physics teaches that matter and energy exist in space and time. They also know that (1) matter and energy are linked (by Einstein’s equation E = mc2); (2) matter and space are linked (as John Archibald Wheeler put it, “Space tells matter how to move, and matter tells space how to curve”10); and (3) space and time are linked, as the concept of spacetime in general relativity implies. Consequently, these theists think of time and space as much as matter and energy as created entities. But that means that any act of creation that brings matter and
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