On theism, and Christian theism we would expect the world to be structured and disposed so that God would have almost unlimited freedom to bring about any effect in the physical world (resurrect the dead, turn water into wine, change the constants and quantities and initial conditions of the universe to bring about a transformed creation, and the like) in as many modes as possible: interventionist, non-interventionist, episodic, and continuously. On some of the most widely accepted interpretations of quantum mechanics today, this is exactly the world we live in. On certain other interpretations God's actions in the world are limited to varying degrees and even metaphysically impossible (et al Alexander Bird). So, we have strong reasons on theism to expect the world to set up in manner that allows for robust divine action, reasons that we don't have on naturalism. See the article below for the details. One would simply have to add in some kind of structural realism to keep what matters from quantum mechanics if it turns out to be false in certain ways in the future.
| god_acts_in_the_quantum_world_chapter_7.pdf |
RSS Feed
