i raised the...

question in class yesterday, what if we are able to scientifically prove and understand everything in our universe, would god be needed?

a brave student said, no. that the only reason god is there to explain away the unexplainable.

that is exactly the 'god problem' (i guess i use quotes, because i wonder if there really is a problem, or if i'm just coining a phrase here). the question of the existence of god. and this is something that science and theology has to deal with.

as we gain/progress in our knowledge/understanding of the universe; where does god fit into all of this?

and this is where the theologians/religious get upset. and maybe they should be. science is in essence explaining away god. there doesn't become a need. nietzsche is right...god is dead, and we killed him (shout that one out in class and see the looks you get from students passing by the class...fun).

in the attempts to understand our existence, our universe comes the multiverse.

however; what i don't understand...is how and why some christians are 'o.k.' with this. robin collins looks at it like this; "imagines far-flung civilizations in the multiverse all in need of salvation and a multiplicity of Christs who would change forms to meet each universe’s redemptive needs." what?

if the bible is the 'be all, end all'; i do not remember reading anything in there about multiply universe theory.

my head is hurting from the contradictions at play.

anyway...the multiverse is a pretty cool idea; not sure i buy it, but cool none-the-less.

amitabha...