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According to Wolchover, Carroll bases this prediction upon the progress that physics and cosmology have made in understanding "the origin and evolution of the universe."
He seems to perceive each new quantum theory as somehow
nibbling away at "God's sphere of influence."
A study of Carroll's own article titled Does The Universe Need God? reveals that
Carroll is particularly speaking of
the biblical God – the God of
this Genesis quote: In the beginning, God created the heavens
and the earth. Taking this quote literally, one can conclude that there was a beginning and that the Universe is therefore not
infinite. Theories that speaks of the Big Bang as just a phase would not fit well with conclusions of this sort.
Nor would theories that speak of a multiverse with endless roll-of-the-dice combinations (for it has been widely rumored that God is not the gambling kind).
However (and may science always leave wiggle-room for the "howevers"), Carroll himself admits (in his first few
paragraphs, no less) that there could be other interpretations of Who
(What?) God actually is. He
states: In some ways of thinking
about God, there's no relationship at all; a conception of
divinity that is sufficiently ineffable
and transcendent may be completely separate from the
workings of the physical world.
And that's just one way of looking at It (S/He?)… There are, of course, many others – as well as ways we haven't even
begun to conceive of.
Resources
http://news.yahoo.com/science-someday-rule-possibility-god-115945479.html
http://preposterousuniverse.com/writings/dtung/
Copyright September 21, 2012 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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