Things that make you believe in a God

[Jackrabbit]

Are they? Then how can there be multpile universes?

I am no physicist, but as I understand it (and please tell me if I am wrong) the uncertainty principle assumes that quantum matter exists within a wave packet and that you cant measure momentum and location at the same time. But it assumes the matter exisits. It might appear randomly within it packet, but it is somewhere; it is something. So how did the quantum particle come to exist?

It seems like you are saying, in effect, that the universe is purely a byproduct of consciousness. Are we but God's dream?

There may be multiple universes because in quantum physics they randomly pop up. We don't have any evidence of multiple universes though.

[The_Tick]

No need to summon Tim. I have released every fish I have ever caught on the fly. I am a tree hugging fisherman.

[creekster]

There may be multiple universes because in quantum physics they randomly pop up. We don't have any evidence of multiple universes though.

But htis doesnt answer the question as to the nature of the creation or the application of Hesienberg's principle.

[wuapinmon]

No need to summon Tim. I have released every fish I have ever caught on the fly. I am a tree hugging fisherman.

Tim gets mad at the trauma to the fish, even if released. I love to fish, but, sadly, I haven't been able to go fishing on the ocean in over a year....but, my grandpa and I are going to Apalachicola in October. WOOHOO!

[Jeff Lebowski]

No need to summon Tim. I have released every fish I have ever caught on the fly. I am a tree hugging fisherman.

Yeah, it is stupid to kill fish in highly-stressed streams. Just stop at Costco on the way home and pick up some salmon or steelhead. Tastes better than trout anyway. Especially brown trout.

[Jackrabbit]

But htis doesnt answer the question as to the nature of the creation or the application of Hesienberg's principle.

Yeah sorry, I checked back at the book I read and I was wrong. At the quantum level, universes spring up randomly from a mother universe. So our universe can create itself. But what created the mother universe? Don't know.

[il Padrino Ute]

Yeah, it is stupid to kill fish in highly-stressed streams. Just stop at Costco on the way home and pick up some salmon or steelhead. Tastes better than trout anyway. Especially brown trout.

[wuapinmon]

Yeah, it is stupid to kill fish in highly-stressed streams. Just stop at Costco on the way home and pick up some salmon or steelhead. Tastes better than trout anyway. Especially brown trout.

Food for thought:

http://woods.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/evp.php?name=chile

http://e360.yale.edu/feature/in_search_of_new_waters_fish_farming_moves_offshore__/2216/

(this article makes deep-water aquaculture sound viable)

[Jarid in Cedar]

Yeah, it is stupid to kill fish in highly-stressed streams. Just stop at Costco on the way home and pick up some salmon or steelhead. Tastes better than trout anyway. Especially brown trout.

I disagree if cooked the day of the catch. I skin then fillet away the bones. wrap the fillet's with a sprig of rosemary, wrap in aluminum foil with butter and lemon juice and cook on the coals...mmmm.

[UtahDan]

Yeah sorry, I checked back at the book I read and I was wrong. At the quantum level, universes spring up randomly from a mother universe. So our universe can create itself. But what created the mother universe? Don't know.

It is a mystery. Still, there was a time in human history where virtually everything had a magical explanation. As time has gone on, human beings have learned that most things have natural explanations. Most of the world as we know it today would be very magical indeed to our ancestors. As time has gone on the number of things with natural explanations has grown and the number of things with magical explanations has shrunk. The reverse has never been true.

[Jacob]

Yes. Humans are wired to look for the transcendant. Even Hellen Keller, before having any ideas transmitted to her, pondered, "Who made the sky, the sea, everything?”

naturally wired to look for the transcendant? Or naturally look for explanations as to why things are the way they are?

[Jarid in Cedar]

Thought of the day:

Does God make the physical rules of the universe, or does he play them like a master?

[Borg]

Thought of the day:

Does God make the physical rules of the universe, or does he play them like a master?

In my opinion: He has to "make the physical rules of the universe". Anything less, and he is not omniscient. Will he one day discover some principle that he did not know existed before...which would wipe out all that he has previously done? That can't be.

[creekster]

It is a mystery. Still, there was a time in human history where virtually everything had a magical explanation. As time has gone on, human beings have learned that most things have natural explanations. Most of the world as we know it today would be very magical indeed to our ancestors. As time has gone on the number of things with natural explanations has grown and the number of things with magical explanations has shrunk. The reverse has never been true.

While I agree with your general sentiment here, I do note that the reverse has sometimes been true. There is a reason they call it the dark ages. Or compare the caliphates of the middle ages to the versions of those leaders no in power in the muslimworld and the cultures that they lead. I think one can argue pretty easily that the reverse occurred a couple of times in history.

[Jarid in Cedar]

In my opinion: He has to "make the physical rules of the universe". Anything less, and he is not omniscient. Will he one day discover some principle that he did not know existed before...which would wipe out all that he has previously done? That can't be.

If he is omniscient, a perfect understanding of the rules would suffice to accomplish the same goal.