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Does the possible existence of alternate universes negate "God's will"?
Theists (esp. Christians) often claim that certain intentions requested never come to fruition because it is not part of God's "will", and that He has a necessarily better outcome for the individual in the long-run.
Yet with the possibility of alternate universes existing, does that negate "God's will", in the sense that they may always be another universe where the situation is marginally different, and that "God's will" is not as linear as is often thought? Are alternate universes compatible with Theistic thinking, especially in regards to Christianity?
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- polite gardenerLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
The more narrow the mind, the tighter the God. Some will deny the existence of science, call it devil work. The other end will say God works in mysterious ways. Myself, I will leave room for a God in there, if God wants to exist. Vatican policy towards science is very friendly. Fundamentalists believe Jonah slept in a fish belly. You can see a difference.
Source(s): Just so long as God does not bother me much I have no problem with him. - Jabber wockLv 71 decade ago
A plan requires that certain oucomes will happen, and more significantly, that conflicting outcomes will NOT happen.
The Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum physics indeed means that all possible outcomes exist, each in its own multiverse, so any "plan" is meaningless as there are no possible outcomes that do not happen.
Bear in mind that MWI is a hypothesis, with no means of testing by evidence at present. It's main advantage is it removes the requirement of an observer as in the Copenhagen interpretation.
- ?Lv 44 years ago
Parables for the uncomplicated minds of the time and in basic terms the uncomplicated minds of this time take it actually!! The Pope, Catholic Church, Church of england and mainstream church homes all settle for the vast bang and evolution!! Lord Carey the former Archbishop of Canterbury placed it o.k. – “Creationism is the fruit of a fundamentalist physique of innovations to scripture, ignoring scholarship and extreme learning, and confusing diverse understandings of certainty”!!
- ?Lv 41 decade ago
I'm not sure I agree with string theory, and seem to go along more with the "best of all possible worlds" stance. Not that the "best" necessarily means much.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
why should it.
whatever intelligent being exist were created by God and operate within the confines of his will and purpose.
regardless of where those individuals are.