| Adapted for the Internet from: Why God Doesn't Exist |
Summary
In the sentence 'God exists', the problem is not the word God. The problem is the word exist. For over 2000 years
now the philosophers have asked themselves what it means to say that something exists, and most have lost hope
of answering this question. So they just leave it at that and continue talking endlessly and in circles about nonsense.
Physics is the science of existence. Physics deals only with what exists. Therefore, in Physics, we cannot elude this
responsibility. We have no alternative but to define this tantalizing word before we can begin a discussion about natural
phenomena.
In everyday parlance, we hear statements such as 'love exists', 'there exists a number that solves the equation...', 'God
exists', or 'space exists.' We must take such claims for what they are: unscientific. The problem with this ordinary usage
is inconsistency. The proponent is not using a version of the word exist that he can use consistently in a discussion. For
instance, it is qualitatively different to say that 'love exists' or that 'a leprechaun exists' than to say that 'my car exists' or
that 'this table exists.' If everything we can name or think about exists, the word exist loses all meaning. There is only one
possible definition of the word exist that is scientific (i.e., that can be used consistently). The word exist means 'physical
presence.' For the purposes of Science, the word exist may only be used in the context of physical objects. Real objects
have location. Abstract objects, concepts, and space don't. This definition compels us to define unambiguously what we
mean by object and by location and to distinguish them from concepts and space. Once these definitions are in place, we
arrive at the word that eluded Newton and his contemporaries: motion.
The scientific definition of the word exist destroys all religions. It compels the religionists and the mathematical physicists
to choose. Under this regime, it is no longer possible for the theist to treat God, the soul, or love as both a physical object
and as an abstract concept, simultaneously existing and not existing. God cannot simultaneously have and not have
shape. God cannot simultaneously be an anthropomorphic being and an abstract concept such as the Word, Love, or
Grace. Likewise, it is no longer possible for relativists, mechanics, and string theorists to fall back on their infamous
dualities. They won't be able to treat black holes, point particles, and Planck lengths as both objects and concepts.
Either space-time is a physical object or it is an abstract mathematical concept. If a concept, space-time doesn't exist by
definition and doesn't belong in Physics. The mathematicians cannot have it both ways. It is the malleable definitions of
the strategic words object and exist that has led the theorists to talk in circles since the start of civilization. The word exist
is the most important word in Science. Until we define it unambiguously, we cannot possibly be carrying out a rational
discussion.
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- 1. After 3000 years, the idiots of Philosophy still cannot tell you what an object is!
2. After 3000 years, the morons of Philosophy still cannot tell you what a concept is
3. Theists, atheists, and agnostics have no idea what they're arguing about!
4. Newton purportedly discovered the three laws of motion, but he never defined motion
5. A relativist doesn't know the difference between an adjective and an adverb
6. After 3000 years, the lamebrains of Mathematics still cannot tell you what space is
| I don't know what happened! After I came out of Joe's Bar, I passed out somewhere near the laundromat. When I recovered my senses, I realized that I had ceased to exist. I had become this abstract concept... |
| Unreal Bill sent to the cleaners |
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