RE: as long as we are talking about the quantum

I would say the short answer to your question is "no".
Reading John Haught's God After Darwin or Kenneth Miller's Finding
Darwin's God would be supportive of that conclusion.

Cheers,
Jim Hofmann
Cal State Fullerton

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of John Hewlett
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:47 PM
To: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: as long as we are talking about the quantum

Heres the thing I am in Molecular biology and biochemistry so I am
almost completely ignorant of what going on in quantum physics and every
time I read something about the quantum world it scares the mortal day
lights out of me and revolves around one thing. Determinism and
Indeterminism. And of course yesterday I ran across this article from
2003 in nature.

http://www.nature.com/news/2003/030106/pf/030106-6_pf.html

I know nothing in biology will ever disprove God, its just not going to
happen and I am comforted by that. I am ignorant in physics and in this
case what I don't know (pretty much everything) scares me. What bothers
me is quantum physics because it underlies existence and the most
reductive level. And most physicist subscribe to the copenhagen
interpretation and thats ok with me because its indeterminant. I have
concluded that indeterminancy is your friend and determinism is the
enemy and that may be a totally wrong conclusion. I beleive in God
because I feel it is rational to do so and that christianity and nature
is rational. So my questions are this.

Nothing in quantum physics really disproves God right?
Regardless of where the pendulum swings with regard to determinism and
indeterminism is it still perfectly rational to a serious Christian?
No future quantum discoveries will disprove the existence of God will
they?
I mean really, do I have anything to worry about here?

Thanks,
John

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