Why questions are always either How questions, which are the domain of empirical science, or "From what intent?", which requires a previously existing mind.
Neither free will or god exists in any sense whatsoever.
When I write about God, essentially what I mean is immanent first cause. Since Universe is effect of that first cause and is part of it, we can use empirical knowledge to try to understand God. That is basic assumption I operate on. I don't remember exact place, but Spinoza thought the same.
That's a metaphysical category error. Everything within the universe has a unique position in time, space, and scale, but the universe is infinite in time, space, and scale. The universe IS time, space, and scale - infinite undifferentiated chaos. It never began and needs no explanation. The causes within the universe aren't actually beginnings either, just changes of state.
If I understand you correctly, you assume there is only one Universe, which has no cause whatsoever. If that's the case, then the Universe is in no way conditioned, and its structure is entirely random—there is no reason for it to be the way it is.
I reject this view because it cannot be reconciled with the fact that the Universe we inhabit is very special. Physics provides hundreds of examples showing that if fundamental constants or the laws of nature were slightly different, life could not have arisen. Yet, for some reason, they are exactly as they need to be for life to exist.
Moreover, our Universe is harmonious—highly ordered and based on relatively simple and elegant laws of nature. This is another feature that makes the Universe remarkably special. If it were completely random, one would expect a total lack of harmony or any kind of order and regularity.
In my system, God takes on an infinite variety of forms, so there are infinitely many Universes. God is also sophisticated, which is why every form it assumes is marked by harmony. These two assumptions elegantly explain the Universe as we know it: harmonious and appearing as if it were fine-tuned for life.
The emergence of life was not God’s deliberate project or intention, because God is not a person. God has no plans or will. Life arose as an epiphenomenon—an unintended manifestation of the divine.
Why questions are always either How questions, which are the domain of empirical science, or "From what intent?", which requires a previously existing mind.
Neither free will or god exists in any sense whatsoever.
When I write about God, essentially what I mean is immanent first cause. Since Universe is effect of that first cause and is part of it, we can use empirical knowledge to try to understand God. That is basic assumption I operate on. I don't remember exact place, but Spinoza thought the same.
That's a metaphysical category error. Everything within the universe has a unique position in time, space, and scale, but the universe is infinite in time, space, and scale. The universe IS time, space, and scale - infinite undifferentiated chaos. It never began and needs no explanation. The causes within the universe aren't actually beginnings either, just changes of state.
If I understand you correctly, you assume there is only one Universe, which has no cause whatsoever. If that's the case, then the Universe is in no way conditioned, and its structure is entirely random—there is no reason for it to be the way it is.
I reject this view because it cannot be reconciled with the fact that the Universe we inhabit is very special. Physics provides hundreds of examples showing that if fundamental constants or the laws of nature were slightly different, life could not have arisen. Yet, for some reason, they are exactly as they need to be for life to exist.
Moreover, our Universe is harmonious—highly ordered and based on relatively simple and elegant laws of nature. This is another feature that makes the Universe remarkably special. If it were completely random, one would expect a total lack of harmony or any kind of order and regularity.
"Look!", sayd the puddle to the sky, "how perfectly the ground suits me. It must have been made just for me!"
In my system, God takes on an infinite variety of forms, so there are infinitely many Universes. God is also sophisticated, which is why every form it assumes is marked by harmony. These two assumptions elegantly explain the Universe as we know it: harmonious and appearing as if it were fine-tuned for life.
The emergence of life was not God’s deliberate project or intention, because God is not a person. God has no plans or will. Life arose as an epiphenomenon—an unintended manifestation of the divine.