On Thursday, May 29, 2014 3:40:39 PM UTC+1, yanniru wrote: > > > > > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Jason Resch <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> >> On May 29, 2014, at 12:11 AM, Richard Ruquist <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:45 PM, <javascript:>[email protected] >> <javascript:> < <javascript:>[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Richard, >>> >>> I suppose it comes down to what you call a universe. >>> >>> Would you say there is any difference that matters between a single >>> universe that contains all possible experiences vs. Many universes which >>> only in aggregate contain all possible universes? >>> >> >> Neither is religiously acceptable >> Richard >> >> >> According to which religion? If god is omniscient, would he not know what >> it is like to be every possible observer having every possible experience? >> > > According to my religion, God can compute the future of a block timeless > MWI universe at any time out to infinity. So, such a god is omniscient to > that extent including knowing "what it is like to be every possible > observer having every possible experience." > > But such a universe is deterministic and may lack free will. In my > religion, god has provided for free will within our universe. God has also > provided ethical questions of good versus bad by eliminating much of the > bad for example in the rebirth process.. > > God accomplishes much of this by always selecting the quantum state (in > every interaction where more than one possibility is available) that > maximizes some aspect of the future universe- like Liebniz proposed. Much > of what God accomplishes might be replaced by algorithmic mechanism within > comp. > Richard >
what I like about this is that you are candid in your beliefs, and that they are at the level of religion -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
