Monday, February 19, 2007

Multiverses


Paul Dirac, a British physicist, formulated the Dirac equation which led to the discovery of anti-matter. Credited for having founded a field in quantum physics, Dirac's discoveries led to some conclusions about particles having alternate characteristics.

My fascination with this concept of anti-matter and multiverses, popular topics in quantum physics (or quantum cosmology), stems from just one question---where was God when He created time and space? Genesis 1:1-3 says that God was there when the earth and the heavens were still "without form or void". There was water already, but this water could not have been the concept of water we know of, but of a totally different kind. What's important is that there are already created things existing before God created the earth and the heavens. Similarly, if you study closely, you'll find that the concepts of "light", "earth", "water" and "heaven" were already pre-existent before the creation of time. These concepts need space. So, there's a possibility that God existed and occupied a particular space prior to creation of time. But, where is this space? Is it in the known universe? Where did the Ancients say God was before He created time? In one of the passages in, I think, the Book of Chronicles, we find that the earth or the universe itself cannot contain "God". So, God, by Himself, is larger than the known universe. If He is, then, He must occupy a space bigger than the known universe. Does the bible have an adequate explanation? And are these explanations scientifically supportable suppositions?

I found that the bible do point to a habitable place for God, signifying that despite being a spirit or force, God still has His own "space". Where is this space? And if God do have or occupy space, then, He is a Being, a definitive one. Or did the Ancients describe God not in what we think He is but in a description beyond scientific explanation? Do God have an anthromorphic character? Or the concept itself of a God is not the dominant concept existing in the known universe.

And if God did, indeed, exist and created Himself, then, should He follow the laws existing in the ones He created or is He being ruled by His own laws dissimilar with ours? If He is being ruled by the laws which He created, then, by discovering these laws, can we safely say, we can become like Him? If we can, then, could it be possible for humans to be gods themselves? So, the God principle is actually knowledge based instead of mystical-based?

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