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It seems to me as an  atheist that the presentist universe makes more sense because the block universe is far more compatible with the intelligent design view.

The notion that the big bang, the trillions of galaxies and septillions of planets, the inception and explosion of life forms on Earth or anywhere, the construction of the Pyramids and…[Read more]

Block universe on the one hand or a universe governed by the inescapable necessity of physical laws, it makes no difference. It makes no matter how you respond to either situation. In the one case, your response has already happened in a sense while in the other, however you respond, your response is what had to happen.

Some will say, “But that’s…[Read more]

I agree almost entirely with this idea. I am a big fan of Carlo Rovelli and “Relational States”. There is no “Now”. All events exist “tenselessly”, i.e. without the concept of past, present or future. “Earlier than” and “later than” are structural facts, not things waiting to happen. We don’t experience the “whole loaf”.  We are just a local pr…[Read more]

You may be wondering what evidence exists for the block universe theory. As the Gemini AI explains it:

The evidence for the Block Universe theory isn’t based on a single “discovery,” but rather on the logical conclusions we are forced to draw from Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity.

If the math of relativity is a correct description of t…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
For some the cross is a plus but it’s a negative for me.

Very good.  It reminds me of the way to tell the axes of a graph apart: x is across.

For some the cross is a plus but it’s a negative for me.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
For most Christians the cross is a symbol of the resurrection, not the trinity.

If the trinity is going to represent the cross, then it needs to be a 4, not a 3.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
If AI is to be a tool for the of human beings […]

100%

Simon Paynton wrote:
You can’t knock him for trying.  But I think he’s misguided (by AI).

I mentioned once about a roommate named Mark who counted up (via internet search results) the number of times “Mark” was mentioned in the bible. He had a few ideas about rele…[Read more]

For most Christians the cross is a symbol of the resurrection, not the trinity.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
King Iyk has made it pretty clear how Christians can use AI to spout pseudo-mathematical apologetics.

You can’t knock him for trying.  But I think he’s misguided (by AI).

TheEncogitationer wrote:
They have a long way to go before we humans should entrust them with running anything.

LLMs will be increasing customizable wrt which sources of original data can be designated as most reliable. In some, one can already save your own references/database locally, e.g. in PDF files. Very technical, scientific, and medical…[Read more]