Philosophy: God

One can assume that the belief in god is universal. This is supported by the innate and seemingly boundless spread that god has. Objectively, a belief is the faith that something exists even though it can not be proven with factual evidence. It follows then, that because the existence in god is based on belief, he can not be proved to exist one way or the other.

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One can again assume that the belief in god is universal. However, the conclusion that 'therefore god exists' may not be valid. The purpose of life, from example of life, can be seen as purely self-preservation. Through breeding and creating we seem to live on forever. This is seen widely through-out man and animal kind. It is also widely seen that we look for a deeper meaning in our lives, to give us purpose. Doesn't god do just that? God gives us a deeper purpose to live and to create. Through god we can believe that life doesn't end and therefore we can experience the highest form of self-preservation. It follows then, that god is universal because the belief fulfills basic innate needs of humans and not necessarily because he exists in reality.

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One can also say that we are part of a system created by this supreme being known as god. One can also assume that chaos theory applies to this system, in that it is predictable given the initial condition. If this is true, then it follows that we, being part of this system, can not see the system for what it is, from the inside (Meaning we can't prove god's existence either way). Just as x of a function F has not idea what F is or what y will be. Only F itself knows. It also follows that, if a function F represents our reality or system, then we are the x's and our fates are the y's. But what is interesting, and arguably the point, is what F truly represents. F is a set of rules, parameters and boundaries. F is the laws that govern the system. By definition, F is all knowing, all powerful, and everywhere in the system. In turn, it can be concluded that the function F is god.

From above one can realize some neat facts about what god could be in actuality. God is commonly thought of as a being, an all powerful person. However, the premises from the last paragraph support the reasoning that god is not at all a being or human-like. God may actually not even have a name, or a tangible figure. God could actually just be the sum of all the rules and laws in the universe that govern our system and the initial conditions that go with that system. Or the unique and seemingly random similarities and correlations between the things in the system. If you don't believe our world is deterministic, then god could be the probabilities that govern our actions.

Extending this idea leads to a really cool oxymoron (it's a stretch so bear with me). If god is indeed the function of our system, or the laws, rules and boundaries then our fate can be derived before we have ever lived! Going back to the definition of a chaotic system, if the initial condition and function are known (in this case god), then all future iterations (the moments of our lives) of the function are predictable. But wait, if our lives are predictable then there is no such thing as free-will, the very basis of why we are here according to the common beliefs in god. So proving that god is reality's function and initial condition only proves that it isn't the god we believe in common day. If our reality is not deterministic, proving this concept of god wrong, then common day's concept of god could still be true.