(October 3, 2016 at 6:32 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: I guess these could apply to Muslims, too.This is from my own works of faith and parallels much claimed by Christian source material.
1. Did god have a choice in the universe he created? Or is this the only one he could have created?
2. Does everything happen according to god's plan?
That's it.
1. No. All the universes, infinite in number and growing in number are all the same finite quantum wave-form expression of the infinite "particle" (with no boundary) God. They are identical in architecture yet develop in different spaces at different times. They will have differing developments but their fates are all the same and the forces within and around them do not differ. But they do mature. This view is more fundamental than "intelligent design" it is a quantum biological design and there is no other way a stable universe can exist within the Infinite and overwhelming God.
2. Essentially yes and mostly no. Teleologically God is like a bathtub and drain to the phenomenal waters of creation. It is the border and flow conditions imposed on the water but it does not directly shape all the temporary rising waves on the water. They largely do not matter to the fate of all water draining out the tub.
But as the universe is the embryonic expression of a living being, there is a maturation/development phase, and then a birth event. We are still being developed.
"Leave it to me to find a way to be,
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder