God is a Boltzmann Brane: Arriving at God via Physicalism
This paper argues that there was, is, or will be, at least one randomly fluctuated, yet, sustaining, godlike Boltzmann Brane/Consciousness, in addition to biological brains that developed slowly via natural processes. Put differently, a godlike being can be arrived at via a strictly physicalist fram...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Theology and science
Year: 2025, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 167-182 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CF Christianity and Science NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation YA Natural sciences ZD Psychology |
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CCC theory
B Process theology B Consciousness B ontological principle B Panentheism B Entropy B Boltzmann Brain B eternal objects |
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| Summary: | This paper argues that there was, is, or will be, at least one randomly fluctuated, yet, sustaining, godlike Boltzmann Brane/Consciousness, in addition to biological brains that developed slowly via natural processes. Put differently, a godlike being can be arrived at via a strictly physicalist framework, where the key point is that entropy is a statistical, not absolute law. The paper bolsters this core thesis via Roger Penrose's CCC-Theory and Alfred North Whitehead's process panentheism. Lastly, the claim is made that consciousness exists in numerous states of matter, appearing via nucleation around sites of impurities and unusual material structures. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2024.2436786 |
