I have two pair

God exist. Or god doesn't exist. There is nothing you or I can do or say that will change that. Or maybe it is both ways, God exist and god does not exist. Maybe the universe is that bizarre.

Certainly much of what I have heard about the creator of all things would support the idea of God having a dual nature. God is all forgiving. If you do not accept Jesus as your personal savior you will not be on the guest list in His lifetime. God is a loving god. He allows little children to suffer and computers to malfunction. God is omnipotent. It is important that you do God's work. Prayer always works, except when it is not God's will. There is one God and they are the Son, the Father and the Holy Ghost.

When the size of my brain is compared to the size of the universe my brain comes up short. Every time. I cannot possibly comprehend God so if I am unable to understand all I have been told then that is not a problem.

Much of what I have learned about the nature of physical reality supports the concept of duality. Back in the early part of the twentieth century scientist studying the electron, the elementary particle that carries the negative charge, made an astounding discovery. The electron could be spread out like a wave and thus be in two places at once. Or it could be in one place, like the period on the of this sentence. What made the difference, why did one electron act like a particle and another behave like a wave? Well it turns out it all depended on whether or not it was being observed. If you measured it, it was a particle. If you didn't measure it, it was a wave.

Weird huh? And very droll. That's a basic humanoid defense mechanism, people quickly get bored with things they can't understand. Keeps the brain from getting stuck in endless loops and going blue screen. A lot of my friends felt like that in Algebra. I get that way listening to political speeches.

So maybe God is and god isn't. Perhaps there is one God and only one God. And a lot of other gods besides. "Thou shalt have no other Gods before me." Seems to leave open the possibility of multiple personalities in charge of creating a scene. Many people feel they have a right to believe in their God. And if you want to believe in a god that's OK with them, you can believe in their God too.

If the nature of an elementary particle can depend on weather or not you are looking at it then maybe the nature of God depends on what you believe. The universe could be that weird. The all powerful maker of all things exist because you feel his presence. Bishop Berkeley, the 18th century Irish philosopher, proved the existence of God by stating that things have substance only if they are observed. Therefore things, such as a rock or tree, would cease to exist once you stopped looking at them if it wasn't for the fact that they are still being observed by the mind of God. Why didn't he just say they wouldn't be there in the first place if God wasn't around to make them out of Pixie Dust.

And if I am emotionally deficient and unable to "know in my heart" that a loving, intelligent, rational being is the unseen force behind water lilies, the passing of the seasons, the human eye and polio, the full moon and napalm, Easter bunnies and birth defects, well then maybe he isn't there.

Here is the onion. If I am willing to admit that your God exist will you allow than my god may be popular fiction?

OWL

August 14, 2007