Does quantum theory both allow the possibility and impossibility of God?
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“…the possibility of any occurrence happening to anything at any time…” I think you’re referring to the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics but you’re putting the popular “new-age” spin on it. Quantum theory outlines the exchange of energy between the four fundamental forces and explains the interactions of these quanta with atomic and subatomic particles. Certain counterintuitive observations from the quantum world, or "quantum paradoxes," can be removed by invoking the many-worlds interpretation but it is still just an interpretation and it doesn’t really allow anything to happen anywhere at anytime. If you’d like a great introduction to this, try reading The Cosmic Banditos by A. C. Weisbecker.\n\nScientific theories will never capture God, they explain the phenomenological world not the spirit; quantum physics is science not theology. If you look for science in God, you’re looking in the wrong place. If you look for God in science, you’ll miss the whole thing.
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You can have both.While intellect uses reason and logic It is not at all a contradiction to have faith or hope or wonder about the mysteries of life .Scientists cannot measure some things so they cannot be proved or disproved.Yet.
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It can be "explained" with quantum mechanics. If you can find the movies of the lectures given by Richard Feynmen in New Zealand, there are 4 lectures if I am correct, In the first lecture he explains it very well in Laymans terms.\n\nIt takes a fair bit of explanation so I won't attemp to relate it here.
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LOL I like Mainworry's answer...not!\nCreate anything living without using matter that already exists.\nHe's right, I can't we all can't.... yet!\nBut maybe we will Create matter, out of energy one day.\nThen what will he say.\nBut I know something I can create right now...GOD.\nYes I can create GOD In my own image.
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Kurt Gödel, famous for his incompleteness theorems has shown that for any consistent formal theory that proves basic arithmetical truths, it is possible to construct an arithmetical statement that is true but not provable in the theory. That is, any consistent theory of a certain expressive strength is incomplete.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goedel\n\nThere are other limits to knowledge most of which do not lend themselves to short answers.\nAlonzo Church's undecidability theorem - there exists no one procedure for deciding the validity of any argument in the system.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonzo_Church\nChaos theory (well never have accurate weather forecasts more than 2 weeks out)\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory\n\nThese limits affect not just science but all human learning. Beyond all of this, humans are simply not capable of knowing all there is to know. There will always be aspects of the universe unknown to us and inaccessible to science or religion because we’re not smart enough to ask the right question and incapable of understanding the answer.
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You can choose to use either your (1) faith or (2) reason.  If you choose to use only faith, then you must ignore the physical world about you.\n\nReligious faith is completely compatible with science as long as religion stays exclusively in the spiritual realm and science stays exclusively in the physical realm.  It is only when religion pontificates about the physical world or science speculates about the non-physical that we run into trouble.
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Quantum Physics would say "no". It was long supposed that once we got down to a certain level, everything would be predictable, but as you may already know, quantum physics doesn't tell us yes or no - it gives us several statistical maybes and such.
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There is no god, so it's impossible to test, but here we go...\n\nThis kind of question, usually phrased as "Could god create a stone so heavy that he, himself, could not lift it?" is important because it calls into question the basic tenets of belief in an "all powerful" entity. \n\nIf he can create such a stone, he is not all powerful.\n\nIf he cannot create such a stone, he is not all powerful.\n\nIt asks us to question the validity of such a theory, as cleary, nothing can exist that is "all powerful."\n\nIs it a silly question? Yes. Does it put forth a valid point? Yes. Asking questions of this nature will lead to further questions, which will eventually reveal the truth.\n\nThe most important thing is to keep asking, keep thinking and keep making people think.\n\nWell done. \n\nLove the burrito answer, D'oh!
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B only seems impossible because you're looking at it from a small, everyday perspective.  Read a book on quantum phenomenon and you'll discover that particles literally appear out of no where everyday, and we take this as completely normal.  The Universe and Everything is far more sophisticated than you're giving it credit for.
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I find interesting the use of probability to explain god. I mean, they use well known (and limited) data to explain how unlikely (even if possible) it is for life to start as a mere accident. Even though, these people seem to forget to apply the same logic and known data to explain god, if the experiment is a fair experiment, that is, using known data in both experiments, the probability that a being like god actually exists is 0. ZERO probability.
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Indeed there is a God. Let's face it, something cannot come from nothing.
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I have found that with God, all things are possible. Don't let your earthly mind get caught up in earthly thoughts. Explain how a mother can lift a car with her baby under it. Or spontaneous combustion.
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Quantum theory suggest that no, it doesn't-- the observer affects the Universe.\n\nBut in a Newtonian, objective Universe, all the laws of physics should apply regardless of if there is an observer or not.\n\nI propose the falling tree is in an eigenstate like Shroedinger's cat: it is both making a sound and NOT making a sound.\n\nIf you aren't familiar with Shroedinger's cat, look it up and prepare to have your mind blown!
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No. I think anything is possible with God.
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Not only universe is  a proof of God but even a very smallthing like atom also a proof of God.Perfection is possible if there is the God only.
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Nope.\n\nAnd in return, if you cant prove God does not exist, well then he just might. I cant prove fairies dont exist, so they just might.\n\nJust the way it works for me.
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I agree that such an explanation is one possibility.  In fact, my failure to fully comprehend the Big Bang in a purely scientific manner is the only reason why I am an agnostic, and not an athiest.  I feel that I need to allow for the possibility.