Have Scientists Discovered "The Word"?

I don't claim to be an astrophysicist; nor can I say that I'm an educated theologian. However, the title of an 'overly-curious person who watches too much of the Discovery and History Channels, and reads too many books on spirituality' seems to suit me fine!

I have always felt that while the Bible is a good book for history and most of it was inspired by God; it was still written and published through the human perspective (hundreds and hundreds of humans through the generations), and as such, I don't take every single word as the literal be-all, end-all of belief. Yet, at the same time, I respect its messages and teachings, especially those of Jesus.

With that being said, a quandary has presented itself to me. As of late, considering my addiction to seeing God in everything (including science), a single verse has jumped out at me, embedding its way into my mind:

"By faith we understand that the world (some versions say 'universe') was created by the Word of God, so that what is seen was made out of things which do not appear." (Hebrews 11:3 RSV---Parentheses my own)

Why would this seemingly innocent Bible verse inspire anything other than faith in God? It wouldn't-if I had no interest in the workings of the universe. However, since I stated that I do, in fact, have quite an interest-it fascinates me like 'Barney' to a three-year-old.

You see, recently some major theories have been worked out (mind you, not yet completely) by insanely-intelligent scientists that describe something called the "String Theory" or "Superstring Theory". As I said before, I am not one of those insanely-intelligent scientists; but I do understand enough to give you a basic description of the principles involved.

By mathematics (which are so far over my head they're in outer space), the scientists have discovered that objects smaller than any particle or atom exist throughout the universe, connecting everything to everything else. These objects are in the form of strings that could be compared to the strings of a guitar (only immensely smaller). Like a guitar, when the strings are plucked or 'excited' they create movement and frequency. In the case of the universe's strings, when they are 'excited' they cause the particles connected with them to create gravity and thus matter.

While scientists still have to work out various problems about dimensions and types of strings, they feel that eventually they will come up with a unified theory. The String Theory has excited many because it seems to be the link between the theories and facts of our everyday world (gravity, the orbits of planets, etc...) and the theories of quantum mechanics (theories of the workings of smaller objects such as tiny particles). Congratulations if your forehead hasn't hit your keyboard yet!

Now, the slightly clueless may still be wondering why this theory has anything to do with the Bible. Go back and re-read the verse. What is a word? It is generally something you read on a page; but it can also be something spoken aloud. When a person speaks aloud, a frequency is sent out into the surrounding area. A tone vibrates and creates sound waves in the air. Just the same as a guitar string when plucked, creates a tone, sound wave, and vibration (which causes your ear drum to vibrate and sends signals to your brain).

Is this Bible verse trying to tell us in the writer's primitive understanding, that God (or whatever Creator you choose to name) sent out a "Word" (Big Bang?) and caused the strings of the universe to vibrate, and the particles on those 'invisible' strings to form into matter ("...so that what is seen was made out of things which do not appear."). This question is made even more interesting by another verse in which "The Word" clearly is defined as Jesus:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made." (John 1, 1:1-3 RSV----Italics mine)

Is it something interesting to ponder, or perhaps just the musings of a madwoman? Better yet, maybe I just think too much.