"God"... Perhaps more literature has been written about this one topic than all the rest combined; and yet, it remains as unfathomable and unresolved as ever. What Grand Unified Theory is to Science, possibly the existence of God is to religions.
So, does God exist? No one knows for sure, but using the 'learning from first principles' approach of Elon Musk, we can put forward some possible answers to this question...
Poss A. No, God does not exist. He/She does not exist in any form, in any way imaginable. The creation, maintenance, and death of this universe does not involve any sentient authority. It all works as per laws of science.
Poss B. Yes, God exists, and He/She exists as...
-- Described by one particular religion OR
-- As a combination of postulates by multiple religions
-- Who knows... All the Gods exist in all the forms described by all the religions, each one mutually exclusive and presiding over their individual domains.
Poss C. Yes, God exists, but not as described by any of the religions or by others. All of them have got Him wrong. He/She exists in a manner that's never been thought of before. So far, we have not grasped it, but our understanding will eventually evolve over the next centuries... Or, the secret may be shared with us by aliens. That will be like Science achieving GUT... Or, perhaps both are actually the same thing.
Personally... I often find myself moving towards Poss D: We will NEVER know, and that's what actually constitutes it. Consider that in the ancient times, our ancestors considered all natural phenomena, the thunderstorms, the floods, the famines, the volcanic eruptions, even the rains to be acts of God. But over the millennia, we have understood, and in some cases even mastered, many of these, thus removing the God factor. But a huge many things still remain unknown, and I believe they will always remain, which will continue to push us to a better understanding of the Universe. God, in this sense, means the
Unknown. There will be no Final Answer to this Last Question.
So, does God exist? No one knows for sure, but using the 'learning from first principles' approach of Elon Musk, we can put forward some possible answers to this question...
Poss A. No, God does not exist. He/She does not exist in any form, in any way imaginable. The creation, maintenance, and death of this universe does not involve any sentient authority. It all works as per laws of science.
Poss B. Yes, God exists, and He/She exists as...
-- Described by one particular religion OR
-- As a combination of postulates by multiple religions
-- Who knows... All the Gods exist in all the forms described by all the religions, each one mutually exclusive and presiding over their individual domains.
Poss C. Yes, God exists, but not as described by any of the religions or by others. All of them have got Him wrong. He/She exists in a manner that's never been thought of before. So far, we have not grasped it, but our understanding will eventually evolve over the next centuries... Or, the secret may be shared with us by aliens. That will be like Science achieving GUT... Or, perhaps both are actually the same thing.
Personally... I often find myself moving towards Poss D: We will NEVER know, and that's what actually constitutes it. Consider that in the ancient times, our ancestors considered all natural phenomena, the thunderstorms, the floods, the famines, the volcanic eruptions, even the rains to be acts of God. But over the millennia, we have understood, and in some cases even mastered, many of these, thus removing the God factor. But a huge many things still remain unknown, and I believe they will always remain, which will continue to push us to a better understanding of the Universe. God, in this sense, means the
Unknown. There will be no Final Answer to this Last Question.
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