The Will Of God

Jeff Wilson · 08 Dec 2008, 16:28 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:28:55 -0600
Subject: (urth) The Will Of God
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Jeff Wilson wrote:
> brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>>> brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>>>>> And even within that category, can something occur and then become
>>>>> something that has not occurred? I'd say so. Maybe not in TBotNS, but
>>>>> certainly in Wolfe and any time you are dealing with alternative
>>>>> timelines. I mean something more than "I thought it occurred, but then
>>>>> I found out it didn't.")
>>
>>>> I solve that problem by assuming that all possible timelines exist.
>>
>>> Separate God in each, or One for all and all under One?
>>
>> The latter, of course.
> 
> Is the tree of alternatives fully populated?

That is,

Is there a timeline for every possible alternative outcome of every 
quantum uncertainty? Or is there some more selective criteria?

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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