I’ve been interested in the concept of God the Prime Mover, and have just started to give it more thought.<\/p>\n
There are two Greek dilemmas that led to the discovery of the immaterial world in a formal way.\u00a0 These were opposite problems:<\/p>\n
Now the first “problem” is not germane to the present discussion.\u00a0 And note, both led to Aristotelian Metaphysics.\u00a0 Let’s continue with the second problem.<\/p>\n
For the Thomists out there, it is important to put away Metaphysics.\u00a0 I know Metaphysics solves the problem with Cause\/Effect and Act\/Potential.\u00a0 Wrap all of that up and bury it.\u00a0 I’m talking about the material world.<\/p>\n
From a scientific\/material perspective, the problem that it is impossible for things to move has not been solved.\u00a0 Let’s do a though experiment.<\/p>\n
You observe me watching a video.\u00a0 I hit pause and you come over to look at the screen.\u00a0 On the screen are two spheres in space, and nothing else.\u00a0 My video player is high tech\/3-D which allows you to pan from different angles, zoom in, and zoom out to thoroughly analyze the paused frame.<\/p>\n
Question: what will be the position of the spheres in the next frame?\u00a0 From every observation imaginable, the answer is unknown.\u00a0 Again from a purely physical perspective it appears that movement is impossible.\u00a0 Why should the spheres “move”?\u00a0 It also appears that the movement of the spheres is dependent upon immaterial information, which brings us back to metaphysics, i.e. Cause and Effect.\u00a0 The bigger sphere is moving right because it is True that the bigger sphere is moving right.\u00a0 A tautology, but tautologies can generate interesting ideas.<\/p>\n
In a somewhat related case, I am fascinated by the Absurdist School, which is a school of philosophy that the heathens have.\u00a0 It states that your existence and basically everything “true” is an absurdity.\u00a0 Think about the precision of the so called cosmological constant that is required in order for the Universe to exist.\u00a0 I agree, without the premise of God heathens MUST conclude that existence is absurd.<\/p>\n
These are my initial musings of the Prime Mover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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