RE: The reasoning behind my quantum concerns

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But if I had to worry (and if worrying is a sin, I am a super sinner, infact
in one of my college math classes I was nicknamed "the worrier") about one
thing, it is the argument over free will. I obsess over this. I lose sleep
over this. I so very very much want to believe we are free agents in this
univ!
erse and some seem to think that the quantum is the answer. So when Joe
shmo proposes his hypothesis about there being hidden variables or other
things that take the chance and randomness and indeterminancy out the
quantum world.
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Consider this:
Not all things are yes/no, black/white, on/off. So too is free will. All
the material in the universe behaves according to the laws of physics. This
is true. There is however an amount of variation allowed. If not then the
universe would not even exist. It is the randomness that allows for things
to interact. This of course is part of God's design. Without this random
element we would not have free will. This does not mean that all things are
possible, as believed by some Quantum Theories. Everything must and does
act within its applicable laws. This is also true spiritually. God gave
us free will. This does not mean we can act without restraint. When we do
so it is sin and in that is death and punishment. Jump off a building and
the law of gravity will surely punish you. All of God's laws have
consequence. This of course leads to our need not to be free in all
respects, but to freely choose to obey the laws and thereby give up our free
agency. So too do his laws force us to behave and interact in a set way
with the universe. If so, then it seems to me that the idea of infinite
possibilities is impossible. But this leaves the possibility of multiple
variations. In this respect quantum may exist. I say may because, while I
believe it does exist, there is not enough evidence to prove it.

Don P
Received on Fri Mar 11 03:54:37 2005