The God Theory

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Good book and not too difficult to read. I read it while on vacation. No, it's not a religion. In fact he talks about how many man made religions are anything but Godly.

Is there a God?

There are good reasons to think so. It is now accepted in astrophysics that several key properties of the Universe and the laws of physics have "just right" values that enable life to arise and evolve. This is essentially undisputed. The explanation for this fine-tuning that appeals to most scientists is that this means there must be a huge number of other Universes, perhaps even an infinite number, in which the laws of physics are different. Life as we know it could never arise in such universes. Our universe is just one of these, and we find ourselves here because we could not have originated anywhere else. All universes arise at random, probably from quantum fluctuations.

This implicitly assumes that some kinds of laws or fields preexist to allow quantum fluctuations to arise. No laws, no action. And of course this also implies that these universes, ours included, have no purpose because they arise out of random processes. I am simply proposing that rather than purposeless laws or fields preexisting, it is a supreme intelligence that preexists, and that the ideas of this intelligence gives rise to laws of physics that create universes, so call it God. Both origin explanations are equally logical and equally beyond proof at this time, but there is a purpose behind the God interpretation.

What is The God Theory?

The idea goes back to one of the founders of modern astrophysics, Sir James Jeans, who wrote that the universe seemed to him to be more like a great thought than like a great machine. Well, whose great thought might that be? So I start with the concept of a supreme intelligence that has to be completely consistent with the Big Bang, evolution and other scientific knowledge. The God Theory then includes a very logical and compelling reason for why such a supreme intelligence would create universes in the first place: to transform infinite potential into experience. The experiences of the life forms (such as human beings) possible in the many different universes become the experience of the supreme intelligence. We are all sparks of God, experiencing his/her creativity. This has nothing to do with intelligent design: God does not need to microengineer or micromanage the evolution of life forms. The ideas of God are the basic laws of physics and the associated physical constants.

http://www.thegodtheory.com/questionsanswers.htm

[Jenn! 918]

Thanks, this sounds like something I'll enjoy. I'll pick it up.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

That sounds extremely interesting and something both my husband I will enjoy. I'll definitely pick it up.

From the sounds of it, I think you would also enjoy one of my favourite books: "The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, What is the Question?" exploring the nature of quantum physics and sub-atmoic particles as physicists search for the unifying theories that explain the creation of the universe. A very good read for the non-physicist. (written by Leon Lederman, with ####### Teresi, A Delta Book, Dell Publishing, New York, 1993)

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I let someone borrow my book but someone else has it.

[Ban Hammer 13,342]

you heathen