- Joined
- Sep 11, 2021
- Messages
- 18,753
- Reaction score
- 11,470
- Gender
- Undisclosed
- Political Leaning
- Very Liberal
Maybe I've just rediscovered Raëlism here, but I will present it while it's still fresh in my mind.
In strong Multiple universe theory, the universe splits into two very similar versions every time a quantum event occurs. Quantum events occur in every interaction between two or more subatomic particle, so the technical term for how many universes there would be by now, is Lots to the power of Lots, to the power of a Thundering Pants-load.
A less scientific and more useful idea of Multiple Universes is that they split every time a macroscopic (eg human) decision is made. This might be scientific after all, since we don't know whether the 'special' experience of consciousness (which imbues our decisions with knowledge from the past and foresight of the future) is related to quantum processes in nerve cells. As an aside, other animals have brains too, so if there is quantum magic in nerve cells, making humans special, then animals are special too.
OK, so what about if there is a caretaker God, making humans who are sufficiently developed to be held responsible take "one or the other path" with every single decision they make? That is, the universe I'm living in now, I chose by my own best and worst decisions, and I'm exactly as happy as I deserve to be. And the reason there aren't happy Christians (or other Believers) all around me, is that I'm living only with those Believers who made bad (uncharitable, perverse, ignorant) decisions.
Note that my theory has no place for heaven or hell. The thread title is a bit click-baity that way, but not a lie: we are each living in the world we deserve, and when we die that's it. No more me, no more you.
In strong Multiple universe theory, the universe splits into two very similar versions every time a quantum event occurs. Quantum events occur in every interaction between two or more subatomic particle, so the technical term for how many universes there would be by now, is Lots to the power of Lots, to the power of a Thundering Pants-load.
A less scientific and more useful idea of Multiple Universes is that they split every time a macroscopic (eg human) decision is made. This might be scientific after all, since we don't know whether the 'special' experience of consciousness (which imbues our decisions with knowledge from the past and foresight of the future) is related to quantum processes in nerve cells. As an aside, other animals have brains too, so if there is quantum magic in nerve cells, making humans special, then animals are special too.
OK, so what about if there is a caretaker God, making humans who are sufficiently developed to be held responsible take "one or the other path" with every single decision they make? That is, the universe I'm living in now, I chose by my own best and worst decisions, and I'm exactly as happy as I deserve to be. And the reason there aren't happy Christians (or other Believers) all around me, is that I'm living only with those Believers who made bad (uncharitable, perverse, ignorant) decisions.
Note that my theory has no place for heaven or hell. The thread title is a bit click-baity that way, but not a lie: we are each living in the world we deserve, and when we die that's it. No more me, no more you.