More multiverse musings.
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More multiverse musings.
Here is a question - if there is in fact a multiverse and there are an infinite amount of universes (we will ignore the BVG for a moment) does that mean that the Onotological Argument is in fact stronger and therefore inescapable that God exists?
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Re: More multiverse musings.
Is it even possible to have an infinite number of any thing?
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Re: More multiverse musings.
RickD wrote:Is it even possible to have an infinite number of any thing?
I don't know- Hilbert would think not - but if there was an infinite worlds - then God would exist - and since he is by definition the maximum in all attributes - then he would be omnipresent in all worlds. Hence God exists.
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Oh ok. We're playing the hypothetical game. In that case, I'm a rich prince with a harem of an infinite number of beautiful wives.
Oh wait...
An infinite number of women living together, means they would eventually be on the same cycle. Which means an infinite amount of pms at the same time!
That's worse than hell!
Oh wait...
An infinite number of women living together, means they would eventually be on the same cycle. Which means an infinite amount of pms at the same time!
That's worse than hell!
John 5:24
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
-Edward R Murrow
St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
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Re: More multiverse musings.
We do live in a "multi-universe".
Our Universe as we know it.
The Heavenly "universe" of God and His angels.
"Hell".
Our Universe as we know it.
The Heavenly "universe" of God and His angels.
"Hell".
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Re: More multiverse musings.
It is hypothetical - but I think the logic is sound. An infinite universes would mean that there must be a deity like God existing in one of them - and if he does then he exists in all of them.
So all I am saying - Hypothetically - is if there is an infinite multiverse without a beginning (impossible) then God still exists because of the ontological argument.
The question I am asking is - is this line of reasoning sound?
So all I am saying - Hypothetically - is if there is an infinite multiverse without a beginning (impossible) then God still exists because of the ontological argument.
The question I am asking is - is this line of reasoning sound?
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It's about as sound as a 4 sided triangle. Unless you can prove any thing can be infinite.Silvertusk wrote:It is hypothetical - but I think the logic is sound. An infinite universes would mean that there must be a deity like God existing in one of them - and if he does then he exists in all of them.
So all I am saying - Hypothetically - is if there is an infinite multiverse without a beginning (impossible) then God still exists because of the ontological argument.
The question I am asking is - is this line of reasoning sound?
John 5:24
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
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St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
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Re: More multiverse musings.
If it were measured in days, how many days is Gods total lifespan, from birth to to death?RickD wrote:Is it even possible to have an infinite number of any thing?
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I said any thing. God is not a thing. Numbers are infinite also. But they're not things.Seraph wrote:If it were measured in days, how many days is Gods total lifespan, from birth to to death?RickD wrote:Is it even possible to have an infinite number of any thing?
John 5:24
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
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24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
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Re: More multiverse musings.
Well, it depends on your definition of universe.Silvertusk wrote:It is hypothetical - but I think the logic is sound. An infinite universes would mean that there must be a deity like God existing in one of them - and if he does then he exists in all of them.
So all I am saying - Hypothetically - is if there is an infinite multiverse without a beginning (impossible) then God still exists because of the ontological argument.
The question I am asking is - is this line of reasoning sound?
u·ni·verse
ˈyo͞onəˌvərs/Submit
noun
all existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos.
In other words, ALL the exists in the universe so "multi-universes" would me there would be multiple "all existent matter and space".
I think that we have different dimensions and "realities" but they all exist in the same universe ( if we go by the above definition of universe).
I think when scientists postulate a multiple universe reality what they are really doing is postulating multiple realities or dimensions in time and space BUT if the universe is ALL there is then they would exist in the same universe.
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Re: More multiverse musings.
RickD wrote:It's about as sound as a 4 sided triangle. Unless you can prove any thing can be infinite.Silvertusk wrote:It is hypothetical - but I think the logic is sound. An infinite universes would mean that there must be a deity like God existing in one of them - and if he does then he exists in all of them.
So all I am saying - Hypothetically - is if there is an infinite multiverse without a beginning (impossible) then God still exists because of the ontological argument.
The question I am asking is - is this line of reasoning sound?
It is a hypothetical question - work with me here.
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Re: More multiverse musings.
Chuck Norris counted to infinity, twice.RickD wrote:I said any thing. God is not a thing. Numbers are infinite also. But they're not things.Seraph wrote:If it were measured in days, how many days is Gods total lifespan, from birth to to death?RickD wrote:Is it even possible to have an infinite number of any thing?
Just saying.
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Why not? He's an existing entity, if infinity can apply to him, it can apply to any hypothetical first cause.RickD wrote:I said any thing. God is not a thing. Numbers are infinite also. But they're not things.Seraph wrote:If it were measured in days, how many days is Gods total lifespan, from birth to to death?RickD wrote:Is it even possible to have an infinite number of any thing?
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Ok. Let's assume infinite universes. Can God create any thing infinite? Isn't that some kind of contradiction to who God is?Silvertusk wrote:RickD wrote:It's about as sound as a 4 sided triangle. Unless you can prove any thing can be infinite.Silvertusk wrote:It is hypothetical - but I think the logic is sound. An infinite universes would mean that there must be a deity like God existing in one of them - and if he does then he exists in all of them.
So all I am saying - Hypothetically - is if there is an infinite multiverse without a beginning (impossible) then God still exists because of the ontological argument.
The question I am asking is - is this line of reasoning sound?
It is a hypothetical question - work with me here.
So hypothetically, if there are infinite universes, then God cannot exist.
Does that make any sense?
John 5:24
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
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St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
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Re: More multiverse musings.
The multiverse idea is usually invoked as an alternative to a Creator, so yeah, in the scenario of a multiverse God may well not exist. If he doesn't exist, the multiverse can well be infinite and not need to be compatible with necessary characteristics of a reality where God exists.
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