The Church of Atom

Who or What is Atom?

Atom is, simply put, a, or the, god of radiation. While the onus of our worship is on radiation in the ionizing frequencies, Atom is everything from the alpha particles released from a sample of Uranium-238, to the benign radio waves that fill the air around us, to the visible light that guides us through the world.
Some of the basic truths we learn from Atom and his divine processes:

Change and its mirror image, death, are inevitable - no matter how long it takes, it happens eventually in some form

Change can happen at any time - it may be measured or estimated, but there is always the chance for spontaneous change

Changes in one place affect changes in another - little exists in a true vacuum

That which appears random and without cause can be measured and explained, even if it cannot be justified in a human moralistic sense

Some of the greatest changes and evolutions in life are unseen, but no less potent

Division is not the destruction of one but the realization of many

In many ways Atom is a god of change, evolution, revolution, and energy in general. His influence affects our lives in a myriad of ways:

Power - the most visibly obvious of Atom’s spheres of influence
Healing - through radiological science humanity has cured hundreds of various ailments

Purification - ionizing radiation is used to sanitize food and other natural resources

Research - radiation has given us glimpses into the ancient past, and possible glimpses into a far future