Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Q&A: If the Universe is pre-determined, who or what makes the decisions or put it all in motion?

Assuming that the Universe is determined, then it would make sense that some higher power is pulling the strings.  One possibility is the traditional Judea-Christian God.  However it seems unlikely to me that that is a solid explanation.  In the Book of Genesis, wouldn't it seem silly that God told Adam and Eve not to eat the Forbidden Fruit, but then determines that they will anyway? Or determines that humanity has degraded to such a point and needs to wipe most of them out with a giant flood?  These events are in the Bible and may not be true, if written by a mere mortal, so that prove all of reality is controlled by God.  However that doesn't explain why bad things happen, like churches that run orphanages burning up.  So appears the Universe can not be ran by a benevolent God.
It was also suggested in the article that everything runs off an equation or that anything can be determined with this equation.  However it brings up the question of what set everything in motion to be determined by this equation of everything.

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