Care to expand on this and tell us what you include under the term "universe"
Yes, and I will try to be brief as possible except for this first paragraph which can be skipped by those that don't like personal information etc. All I am going to say in this para is my plodding (long) way of trying to explain my ideas through the written word might want to indulge in a three ounce shot of espresso, with a shot of Bailieys Irish cream (an alcoholic creamer or is it an creamer for alcoholics, lol?).
I CAN STILL LOOK CAN'T I ? LIFE IS SO UNFAIR...SNIFF....
Maybe the spirits and the caffeine will stop my words from making you sleepy ! I like Balies and cream too, but old my old demons never tire of the chase, hoping one day they can destroy me at a weak moment ! Ha, never! Plain espresso in 16 oz of good blended Colombian will have to do for me.
Ok the first is easy. When answering replies or writing threads if I reference 'The universe' I am referring to the concept that main stream science says is the 'space' where all the stars, galaxies, black holes, energies, gravity, the quantum foam, where virtual particles emerge, and zpe zero point energy), I also include antimatter etc etc That is of course a short list the universe is the space place where material objects exist according to big bang science. If I am referencing other theories like the MWI (the many worlds interpretation, which is part of string theory and Supersymmetry (SUSY). There are other theories such as the meta-verse and the holographic universe theory that is so different from the big bang universe its usually identifiable without saying anything to point it out. etc I will attempt to remember to say I am using a special universe not common etc. when we are discussing such things. ; { >
and in what way it's (the universe...edit mine) predestined? And why humans are exempt?
Ok first a disclaimer. I feel to lead a believer in the wrong direction is a nearly unforgivable sin. Even if it was not intentional. I would like to make sure you know that the following is my opinion and a idea, just barely a hypnosis. I don't want to change anyone's or maybe even corrupt anyone's way of thinking about God even a teeny tiny bit really it is. I am just throwing an idea out there of how a loving God could act in what seems like cruel or contradictory way but in reality is nothing of the sort.
Most of my ideas came from my modest studies of quantum theory and a lot of revelation came to me as the then new christian apologists, many of them multi degree PhDs that found their calling in philosophy, William Craig for example, some in microbiology Michal Behe influenced me in that area, theoretical sciences (many theists in those areas) and theist mathematical logicians writing from the past, like Kurt Godel who created the famous incompleteness theorem, and a good ontological argument for the existence of God. But to answer your question about I think the universe runs on probabilities.
Everything obeys natural law in the universe. So I believe the universe is predetermined to a certain fate because as a believer I feel God knows the fate of the universe. If this being,a ie God knows certain or all events are going to happen that is another way of saying the universe is predestined.
Maybe!
Remember the uncertainty principle? And remembering that in quantum physics it's physically impossible to know both the position and the momentum of a particle simultaneously. The better one is known, the less accurate the measurement of the other is. However it is possible to know with a very high degree of accuracy to know the details of both bits of information. In the same manner God knows to a supernatural accuracy of the fate of the universe. The same goes with each individual self aware being. However by allowing uncertainty and probabilities (ie decision making) in the human we can by making a free will decision change the outcome of an event, and screw up the experiment so to speak! We change everything by going against the probabilities and what God had calculated we would do by making a free will decision. And that tiny bit of probability is what gives us free will.
I hope the above is legible....I am weary tired and will attempt to clean it up in the morning....lol...
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