From: Dr. Blake Nelson (bnelson301@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Jul 03 2003 - 21:06:06 EDT
The existence of multiple Glenn's depends on whether
you are talking about a multiverse in the sense of the
beginning of the universes, or a quantumly-branching
parallel universes, doesn't it? In the latter there
will necessarily be multiple Glenns but in the former
there would not necessarily be multiple Glenns. For
those who know more than I about such things, would
that be an accurate statement?
Regardless, I think that there are not necessarily all
those different kinds of Glenns because the things
that would make the Glenns different (unless Penrose
is right about how the "mind" arises) are not quantum
events... So, contrary to the Star Trek universe,
there are not necessarily parallel evil uses even if
the universe does branch at quantum events. ;)
I am sure others can provide a far more erudite
response and correct my understanding to the extent
that it is incorrect.
--- Glenn Morton <glennmorton@entouch.net> wrote:
> 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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