i wrote down quantum physics on u tube so i can learn more about what it is and there was a there was a guy debating god under quantum i was just wondering what has quantum theory got to do with religon
2007-12-21 00:30:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It has nothing to do with God... I think you saw something with Deepak Chopra, he uses the term quantum mechanics in his writings. He has hi-jacked the term!
I saw a youtube video a while ago now with Richard Dawkins and Deepak and he was talking about quantum mechanics and he made no sense at all! I think it was in the Root of all Evil videos but I am not sure. If I can find it I'll come back and give you the reference.
2007-12-21 00:44:28 · answer #1 · answered by freethinker 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In quantum mechanics, there are times when one thing, or another, must happen. Quantum mechanics states that this choice is made entirely by chance, and in fact if you do repeated experiments, you find that indeed the results are consistent with random chance.
It is possible, however, that god actually makes a choice---that events turn out the way they actually do because there is an omnipotent intelligence that chooses one outcome over the other. This would be undetectable to us if, on average, the results appeared to be consistent with a random outcome.
2007-12-21 09:01:40 · answer #2 · answered by cosmo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Einstein refused to accept quantum theory because it went against his personal belief of an ordered universe. It was too weird and felt god wouldn´t have created the universe that way. In a famous argument with Niels Bohr, the father of quantum physics, he burst out "God does not play dice!" to which Bohr responded "Stop telling god what he can and can´t do with his dice!". Or something like that...
2007-12-21 08:50:30 · answer #3 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'm no expert on it, but it does seem that it is a marvelous way to illustrate how God can give each person complete free will and still be in perfect control of the universe's larger, final predicted outcome.
For example, if I understand the brief and simplified explanations I have seen, you cannot precisely determine the position and speed of a single electron, but even so, you can, using statistical methods that apply to large numbers of electrons, determine what a large group of electrons will finally do, say, in a nuclear reaction with electrons flying all over the place in a totally free, random way. They seem to do this by taking all the possible ways that an electron can go and then figuring the odds that so many of them will be going any particular way or doing a particular thing, like colliding with other atoms, etc...
Best regards, Mike
2007-12-21 08:56:28 · answer #4 · answered by Mike M. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe they are talking about Einstein's famous statement, "God does not play dice". He was referring to his dislike of the random chance inherently built into the theory of quantum mechanics.
2007-12-21 08:42:11 · answer #5 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Well according to the bible, God created everything. So maybe that includes quantum physics?
2007-12-21 08:36:18 · answer #6 · answered by HARRY N 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
he telling u that unless u can prove that theory then u better believe in his god cos he has more proves than u has.........
a theory
2007-12-21 08:41:21 · answer #7 · answered by kimht 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋