God: No magic required

[Simon Moon]

It's been two months since my last post. I thought that I'd said all of that which was relevant to the points I was trying to make and that I had reached the point of just going around and around with my various critics.

So I resolved to save bandwidth, until I had something new to offer.

A couple of weeks ago, that which has been termed one of the most important discoveries in the history of science was announced.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/gues...-now-what/

I now view the existence of God as not only a far out speculative possibility but as a physical science certainty.

Let me emphasize that it's important not to confuse "God" with doctrines or dogmas. For the sake of this conversation, let's discard traditional views of God, which are all wrapped up in doctrines and dogma, and redefine God.

God is not necessarily the creator of all things visible and invisible, though he may or may not be the creator of some things visible and invisible. God is a higher order of sentient consciousness, with whom other sentient beings are capable of communicating, to their great personal benefit. God is not necessarily singular. I think that there probably are plural Gods in the multiverse -- perhaps near infinite numbers of such beings.

I've stated before that I believe there is little or no credible evidence that God answers prayers for physical miracles. I personally believe that praying for peace (or cancer cures) is a fruitless waste of time, for both God and humans. But there is enormous empirical evidence that God routinely and dependably answers prayers for such things as fortitude, solace, liberation from substance abuse, improved personal morality, courage, and perseverance. These latter prayers are of enormous importance and enormous personal benefit, and, by the standards of objective peer review medical research, improve happiness, healthiness, and longevity.

The two leading models of the multiverse, which now appears to be a likely reality are (1) an infinite universe, with the same physical principles of our own, or (2) an infinite number of parallel universes, with different physical principles than our own. Either of these possibilities makes the existence of God(s) a physical certainty.

Once you move out 10^10^29 meters from earth, you have every conceivable arrangement of atoms, both qualitatively and in terms of geometry. Beyond that point, you begin to duplicate things. Once you've doubled this distance, you've got an exact duplicate of everything that ever existed, including you and me. Explanation defies concise summary; if interested start with the above link and move on from there (additional links are on my website, which I'm not permitted to cite on this forum, as it is considered to be "advertising").

The point is, that, in an infinite universe, you will inevitably have super-sentient Boltzmann brains, comprised of both ordinary and dark matter and ordinary and dark energy. It is a mathematical certainty. In infinite parallel universes, you will inevitably have exotic forms of energy, in infinite configurations, also producing Boltzmann brains with powers and capabilities unimaginable on a human scale. This is also a mathematical certainty.

I and literally billions of other people regularly talk to God. In my own case, I needed physical science plausibility to make the sincere effort which is required. Most other people simply need simple faith to make the effort. It works -- unquestionably works.

I personally think that militant denial of God has now become simply another form of neo-luddism.

- Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach CA

Some general comments.

Alan Guth and Andrei Linde, the physicists in the article that you linked... both atheists. As are the overwhelming percentage of physicists.

What are you, a non-physicist, seeing in their work that they are not? Why don't you write a scientific paper for peer review on why they are wrong in not seeing evidence for a god?

But there is enormous empirical evidence that God routinely and dependably answers prayers for such things as fortitude, solace, liberation from substance abuse, improved personal morality, courage, and perseverance

No, there are studies that show that the belief in a god gives people 'such things as fortitude, solace, liberation from substance abuse, improved personal morality, courage, and perseverance'.

There is no question that people's beliefs can give them comfort, courage, etc. But just because someone has a belief that helps them, does not mean that the subject of their belief actually exists.

Correlation does not equal causation.