Another long winded post by me after I said I was spent

I guess I lied.
These are fundamental questions I have running through my head in this discussion that is fucking with my logic. Y’all may answer the questions too if I’m off base with anything.
1) Is gravity a force or an effect?
Ray seems to be on the line that it’s a force (correct me if I am wrong on that account) with the gravitational constant, G, being a fundamental base argument that motion exist within this constant because it contains acceleration. I see where you are coming from.
But then there is Newton’s First Law: an object is either at constant rest or constant motion unless acted upon by an external force.
So in other words, an object can not accelerate unless an external force acts upon it. This is where Newtons’ Second Law come in to play, which leads to my second question.
2) is the gravitational constant, G, a real force?
While the constant constains a Newton, I don’t think it’s a real force. What do you y’all think?
The same wiki page y’all posted says it’s a “physical constant.” And nothing I have read or researched thus far is suggesting that the gravitational constant, G, is a force. It is commonly referred to as an “empirical physical constant.” Meaning that these constants can not be derived, it’s demensionless and can only be measured. It’s true that G contains a Newton within its units, but from my understanding, a forces unit of measurement is a Newton and only a Newton, which is essentially what Newton’s 2nd Law states as it pertains to the unit of measurements.
So based on my understanding from Newton’s second Law, the Gravitational Constant is not a force. While it contains a Newton within its measurement, it is not solely measured as a Newton. I don’t see how it would be possible to even consider the gravitional constant as a force because it was go totally against Newton’s second law. (And Ray, I’m not saying you said it was a force either, merely trying to make logic out of all this).
3) What is the physical nature of G? What is it’s purpose other than just balancing the gravitional force equation: F = G(m1*m2)/r^2 ?
Seem here G is used to find a force because a Newton will be left over once you cancel out all the units in the gravitational force equation.
So again, according to Newton’s First Law, you need a force to accelerate an object that is either at constant rest or constant motion. Since the gravitational constant, G, is not a force (based on my understanding), then it can not accelerate an object.
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So essentially, we are discussing between Newton and Einstein. Newton’s Laws of motion doesn’t consider the source of gravity, but the Theory of Relativity does with mass being the source. Hence, E = mc^2.
And since “c” is the speed of light and is a constant just like “G” is— “c” has no physical baring on the equation, which means mass and energy are equivalent.
So my position on this topic still stand that motion is not necessary to create gravity. Only mass because acceleration (motion) is a result and not a cause. I believe through my understanding of these concepts, that the curvature in space-time due to the mass of an object creates motion, which mass and motion can work uniformly after mass has create the curvature.