What do you believe? This thread is open to expressing any kinds of beliefs be it beliefs from religion or not. Describe your beliefs concerning any subject of interest to you.
EXISTENCE OF GOD:
Perhaps it is like Schroedinger's Cat. The cat is in a box with poison, and it has a probability of being dead or alive. Only when the box is opened do you determine if the cat is dead or alive, which removes all doubt. Quantum physics uses the same math to determine the position (or other state, such as spin, energy, or momentum) of small particles (such as subatomic particles, atoms, and molecules). As we look at larger systems of particles, those probabilities become certainties. It is like winning a roulette game in Las Vegas (you have a chance of beating the casino if you bet a few times, but, in the long run, the odds of beating the casino are severely small, because the house has an edge that will overwhelm random chance).
The wave functions of subatomic particles are imaginary (an imaginary number is a regular number or variable multiplied by the square root of negative one). The wave functions is the probability density function. Probability (of determining the state) is the magnitude squared of the wave function. This means that it is the wave function times the complex conjugate of the wave function.
If we add two complex vectors (complex numbers have both real and imaginary components), the Robertson-Shaw inequality shows that the maximum magnitude occurs when the two vectors are aligned. Applying this to energy and position, we come up with the Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle (which says that if we precisely know the position of a subatomic particle, we know nothing about its energy, and vice versa). This, of course, requires that the variables be random. But, the Einstein Podovski Rosen Paradox showed that some random numbers are dependent on other random numbers, so the Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle had to be modified to require variables that were random and statistically independent. The Einstein Podovski Rosen Paradox was about particles with spin 1 that randomly split, and, for purposes of understanding this, we can arrange one part on the top and the other part on the bottom, so that the sum of the top and bottom of the particles is always 1. Thus, the top is a series of random splits (lets say spins are 1/2, 1/4, and 1/3), which forces the bottom to be 1/2, 3/4, and 2/3), so that the top added to the bottom is always spin 1. You can see that the top is a series of random numbers and so is the bottom, but the top and bottom are statistically dependent.
Quantum mechanics considers that particles have a probability of both existing and not existing in the same spot.
ARE WE CONFUSING GOD AND THE DEVIL?
God laid down laws for us to follow. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. But God doesn't follow his own rules. God had a baby (Jesus) with Mary, who was married to Joseph at the time. Pride is a deadly sin, yet one must worship God, and thou shalt not worship another God (such as the son of God). Thou shalt not kill, yet God flooded the world (in Noah's time).
God, they say, is love. Yet, God allowed his own son to have a crown of thorns, get stabbed in the abdomen, get tied or nailed to a cross (uncertain which, though bones of crucified victims of Rome had nail marks), and allowed Jesus to be left on the cross with no food or water, while bleeding to death. Why torture Jesus? Why remove Jesus from humans if Jesus was curing and feeding the sick and hungry? Why doesn't God answer prayers? Why does God, the most powerful being in the universe, who created the universe ask us to do anything for him? Isn't God capable of doing everything for himself? Could a blink of God's eye turn crucifiers into pigs? What would you do if your son was attacked? Was (or is) Jesus God, and if so, why did he talk to himself? Why did Jesus ask God "why hath thou forsaken me?"
RAISING THE BAR:
My friend walked on a rock pile, and found a rock, which he said was proof that God exists. Finding a rock on a rock pile is a certainty, and doesn't prove that God exists. The argument that God exists because someone found a rock on a rock pile is lame. I don't mind if someone tries to convince me that God exists if he makes sense, but if he is going to use lame arguments, don't blame me for pointing that out. I will try to provide stronger arguments to support and detract from their position.
MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE:
What is man's image? Are we Black, White, Asian, Indian? Are we tall, short, fat, thin? Perhaps the image of God is vague (two eyes, two ears...etc)? Perhaps the image of God has nothing to do with physical appearance (since God is a spirit and likely doesn't have an appearance)? Perhaps the image of God is his personality? (Good, bad, prideful, lustful, etc)? Maybe God knows his own flaws and warns us not to succumb to his faults? Why, then, blame us for the curiosity that our ancestors (Adam and Eve) had when they tasted the forbidden fruit? Didn't God make us with curiosity? Why blame us for sex if God made our sex organs? Why did God put temptation in our path (greed, etc)?
WHY DO I BELIEVE IN GOD?
God won't let me tell anyone how I know that he exists. To say how I know that God exists is to reveal to others that I have special ability to understand God's existence. God says that I (and everyone) must be humble, and not take credit. To take such credit is to share power with God, and God doesn't want to share power with anyone.
