Religion
In reply to the discussion: Am I being immoral by believing in a transcendent creator? [View all]Htom Sirveaux
(1,242 posts)I can see several possibilities when it comes to the nature of the universe. There might be no universe at all. Or there could be a universe of unlimited change, where anything can happen for no reason at all. Finally, there might be a static universe, a single image frozen forever. Any of those would be simpler than the mixed universe we inhabit. So to me, that mixed nature would seem to require some explanation.
So how to explain that? How does the informational content get transmitted across moments in time and locations in space sufficiently enough to create any kind of stability or predictability? Whatever the mechanics of it, must it not have the ability to bridge time and space? And if this means has that power, it can be described as transcending time and space. But since it is not limited by time and space, it cannot fundamentally be material, and it must be eternal.. And since it deals in the creation, preservation, alteration, and transmission of information, it is in some sense mind-like.