From: Howard J. Van Till (hvantill@chartermi.net)
Date: Thu Jul 03 2003 - 20:59:24 EDT
>From: "Glenn Morton" <glennmorton@entouch.net>
> 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.
I don't see the problem yet. Although these "other Glenns" might be
structurally identical, they are clearly not one and the same person. In the
same way, identical twins might be structurally (nearly) identical but are
not one and the same person.
> What would salvation under such
> circumstances mean? Who or what is saved? One would end up with Glenn the
> saved and Glenn the damned.
Calling these structurally identical but distinct persons by the same name
is causing an apparent problem where, as I see it, no problem actually
exists. Just call them, Glenn1, Glenn2, Glenn3, etc., and deal with their
fates as any other set of individuals.
> 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.
So far, I don't see a real problem.
Howard Van Till
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