Where Does Lightning Come From?

Whales are the largest current existing aquatic creature in the ocean (except when you believe in the existence of other large mysterious or unidentified creatures of the sea). Due to the large sizes of this sea creatures, it makes them an easy target for the lightning to strike and fry them out of the ocean. Although, this isn't actually the case and they aren't lightning proof either.

Before we get into the answer, let's go over through some theory that I came across on my research regarding about this subject.


There was one scientific theory that during the early stages of Earth's creations (probably billions of years ago), the surface of the Earth was entirely covered with water being struck by lightning repeatedly.

Since Earth's surface was nothing but water, scientists claims that the first early life forms were aquatic creatures. And, you may be surprise to know that some scientists believed that the whales are one among the prehistoric creatures of the past that managed to survived throughout the age.

Assuming that in the past the whales so as other large sea creatures populates the entire surface of the Earth, on this kind of situation there is a very high chances that some of them will surely get struck by lightning. But, are they?

The answer can actually be either "Yes" or "No" and here's the following reason why:

1. The Answer is Yes

A whale or any creature of the sea can be hit by lightning if they intentionally float out onto the surface especially right in the middle of an on-going terrible thunderstorm. Although, the chances of a certain whale to put itself at such risk is very low. They probably knew about the danger.


When a thunderstorm occurs in the ocean, large waves are created by the strong winds. Maybe this serves as the sign which warns the whales not to come out and stay at the deep portion of the ocean.

2. The Answer is No

When a lightning strikes the surface of a water, the electrical discharge will spread out and easily disperse. It is due to this reason why electrical currents cannot harm any living creatures in the ocean as long as they stay submerged during a thunderstorm.


Overall, whales don't get hit by lightning unless they are stupid enough to expose themselves out in the middle of a thunderstorm.

There are actually many different religions around the world and each of them has their own unique spiritual belief from one another. The "Vatican" is the largest Christian religious sector in the world and they are known as "Catholics". Perhaps due to the large number of their followers, there are a lot of critiques from other religions regarding about their teachings and practices.

Recently, some group of individuals claimed that the Vatican Church was being struck by powerful lightning bolts because they had anger God due to their false teachings and bad practices.


So I did some further research if God's anger really have some connection with lightning and then I found the answer from the Bible which can be read from the scripture of Luke 10:18.

Like 10:18] "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven."

When Satan had angered God, he was struck by God's powerful lightning driving him down onto the surface of the Earth.

So does it means that the lightning bolt that is repeatedly hitting the Vatican Church every time that a thunderstorm comes around means that they angered God?

In my own opinion, if the Vatican Church really angered God then the lightning bolt that will strike the structure down will surely wipe it out of its existence. Since its not, it has nothing to do about angering God.

Vatican Church

Science actually have a better way of explaining the reason why lightning bolt keeps on hitting the Vatican Church. You have to know that it is simply normal for any tall buildings or structures to be struck down by lightning.

According to some individuals, the Vatican Church is equipped with a Lightning Rod System. This is an electrical device designed to attract lightning and dispose the electric discharge properly deep into the ground. Thus, it is by no surprise why lightning bolts keeps hitting the Vatican Church during a thunderstorm.

According to some scientific theory, lightning had already existed even before Earth was created. It's because according to some scientists, they claim that there are countless number of lightning that are continuously occurring in the outer space. In fact, one scientific theory even suggest that life on Earth was caused by lightning.

Did you know that mankind had discovered fire through lightning?

In the early ancient period of our time, mankind were known to have discovered fire from lightning. Common stories around was that, a powerful lightning bolt had struck a tall tree that it got burned and was set on fire. Through observation and curiosity, our ancient ancestors were able to learn more about fire and harness its benefits.


Thanks to lightning for introducing fire but in return, primitive man started considering lightning as a part of their superstitious belief.

Some Spiritual Belief about Lightning

People from different parts of the world actually have their own spiritual or religious belief when it comes to lightning. And, here are some of them:

1. Greek Mythology

In early Greeks, they do believe in the existence of mythological gods and goddesses. Greeks had "Zeus" who can summon and manipulate thunderbolts. While in the Norse or Scandinavian mythology, they also had their popular hero named "Thor" who also possess the power of lightning.

2. Pantheistic Hindu Religion

In Pantheistic Hindu religion, they believe in their god named "Indra" who has the power to command lightning, rain, storms and thunder. Believe it or not, some believers of this religion (even today) goes out in the middle of the storm to ask their god to command the lightning or thunderstorm to go away out from their affected residential areas.

3. Navajo Indians

Navajo Indians strongly believe that lightning offers them great power in their healing rituals.

4. Bible

You can actually read in the Bible that the Creator used lightning in creating the world which can be read from Jeremiah 51:16;

Jeremiah 51:16] "He maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of His treasures."

Studying Lightning through Science

Science started studying lightning since the time of "Sir Isaac Newton". He first proposed that Basic Mathematical Laws can explain the causes of all forces of nature which include lightning.

In 1746, Dr. Spence had demonstrated an "electric magic" where one of his spectators was Benjamin Franklin.

Benjamin Franklin was actually the scientist who dedicated most of his time studying lightning and electricity. At the age of 42, he had already accomplished a lot of interesting discoveries about them. In 1752 to 1753, his final and most popular experiment that he conducted was the "kite" in which he had proven that lightning was a form of "electricity". His experiment was a great success which made him popular especially in all science history books.

Aside from Franklin's successful kite experiment, his reputation as a scientists even became more respectable when he invented the "Lightning Rod System".


Today, some scientist released a theoretical conclusion that lightning played an important role in the evolution of living organisms here on Earth.

Theory about Lightning and the Evolution of Living Organisms

Some scientists have speculated that when Earth was finally completed, powerful thunderstorm took place for several hundred years. As lightning struck down the surface of the Earth hitting various form of elements, it somehow caused reactions. Scientists explains that the immense heat induced by the lightning can actually convert elements into compounds found today in various organisms.

Big Bang Theory

The "Lightning Theory" above has a slight similarity to the "Big Bang Theory" in which they both have something to do with the explosion (lightning does produce explosion through its electrical discharge). If you are not familiar about the Big Bang Theory, some scientists believe that the origin of "everything" had started from a very powerful explosion in the empty space that took place in the very beginning of time.


Some popular scientists who believes in the Big Bang Theory were Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, Stephen Hawking and many others...

Primordial Soup Theory

The closest theory speculated from the past that is related to lightning was the so called "Primordial Soup Theory" by Darwinists. According to this theory, powerful bolt of lightning had struck a lake full of "primordial soup" (some kind of elements that contains all building blocks of life). As a result, the extreme heat of temperature induced by the lightning bolt had caused the building blocks of life to become active. In short, the lightning caused a "jump-start".

Moreover, scientists claims that there are still a lot of undiscovered aspects about lightning.