RE: Predeterminism and parallel universes

From: Glenn Morton (glennmorton@entouch.net)
Date: Thu Jul 03 2003 - 19:48:51 EDT

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    Howard wrote:

    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: Howard J. Van Till [mailto:hvantill@chartermi.net]
    >Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 6:24 PM

    >>From: "Glenn Morton" <glennmorton@entouch.net>

    >Question for clarification: Am I correct to think that you would be
    >uncomfortable with any model of multiple universes in which divine
    >predetermination (of everything about it?) would be either trivial or
    >impossible? If that's not your concern, please straighten me out on this
    >issue.

    Well, as I understand the possibilities in a multiverse where all
    possibilities exist, there would be multiple Glenn, as you all know me. But
    there would also be Glenn the rapist, Glenn the genocidal maniac, Glenn, the
    theif, Glenn the rich NY land developer etc. What would salvation under such
    circumstances mean? Who or what is saved? One would end up with Glenn the
    saved and Glenn the damned. That is what makes me very uncomfortable about
    MWH in any form. And I do worry a bit about the advent of quantum computers
    which can perform calculations requiring more particles than there are in
    the our causally connected universe.

    It seems to me that MWH is inconsistent with theism.



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