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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Why would Heisenberg's uncertainy principle apply to the measurement of God? Heisenberg's principle has to do with the measurement of particles; in other words, matter. Unless you believe God to be made of the same stuff you and I are made of, but even then, how does this impact God's existence? We can't determine his location and velocity simultaneously? We technically can't do that for a moving car, either, but what does that matter?
Quantum mechanics and religion should not mix. Really, never.
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Actually, Heisenberg's principle could also be said to relate to measurement of quantum states. If the universe is in a superposition of states and we apply the correct form of measurement, do we collapse the states into only one state where God either exists or does not exist? The superposition of states, if it is a real phenomenon as proposed by quantum mechanics and demonstrated on a lower level by the double-slit experiment, means that the situation is indeterminate until measured, forcing the waveform to collapse. This is the uncertainty I was referring to. I'll grant you that the collapse of superposed states is not Heisenberg's principle, but it leads to a similar uncertainty as to the 'actual' state of the universe.
p.s. I know there's problems with what I proposed, doesn't mean it's not fun to throw it out there...