The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster - Bobby Henderson [46]
It is easy to think that the story of Genesis comes down to the simple message that it is immoral to force particular beliefs onto others. Such a simple interpretation ignores the powerful draw of the story of our origin. It is the story of our origin that has become the focal point of conflict. The primordial draw of the question of our origin drives us in a way that is beyond reason or explanation.
The sacred texts of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and all other religions provide numerous examples about the relationships between the weak and the powerful, the rich and the poor, and provide explicit guidance on how we should treat one another. Rather than focus on such simple ideals that are already clearly articulated within each of the sacred texts, we focus on the much more difficult and important story of our origin.
THE MATHEMATICS OF THE CREATOR
Our only way of studying the creator is to examine creation. The universe is a collection of simple objects that when brought together represent a staggering set of interactions. We are capable of studying and generating a basic understanding of small parts but are incapable of understanding the whole. For example, while sitting within this goldfish bowl we call “earth,” light seemingly strikes us that appears to have been generated millions of years ago by events taking place on spatial scales beyond our understanding. At the same time, the molecular kinetics of proteins within our own cells exhibit nonlinear, chaotic oscillations that, taken together, create the reliable, stable clockwork that makes life possible. This complexity implies the existence of a creator.
All things around us have been created, and we denote creation as the “universe” or more formally as U0. That which initiated the creation of U0 has the full power and understanding of all that is within U0. All that is within us and beyond us is contained in U0 and thus is a part of the understanding and abilities of the creator. At the same time the creator, denoted C0, is an integral part of creation. The two do not stand apart but rather are part of the unity of the Grand Design. Taken together we denote the union of C0 and U0 as G0.
From where did G0 arise? The subtle interactions found within U0 imply the existence of C0. The cardinality of G0 is greater than or equal to the cardinality of U0, since C0 Є G0. We find that a creator, denoted C1, must exist as that can explain the intricacies of G0. From the existence of C1, we find that G0 must be contained within another universe composed of all that created by C1, which we denote U 1.
It is possible that U1 is equal to G0 but it is not necessary. Hence we have that G0 ® U 1. We now have the basis for our induction hypothesis: C1 initiated U 1. We denote the union of these two sets, C 1 U U 1, as G1. Since the cardinality of G1 is greater than or equal to the cardinality of U1, which was created by C1, there must exist a C2 that can explain the intricacies and complexities of G1.
Proceeding in this way, we must conclude in the existence of G2. Applying the same reasoning implies the existence of a countable set, Gi, where Gi U Gi+1 and associated with each Gi is a creator, Ci. We leave the formal statement and proof of the immaculate induction hypothesis as an exercise for the reader.
Finally, this construction of Gi leads to a fascinating array of corollaries such as
that we do not explore here. We leave these as work to be completed with hopes that they will provide an enormous draw to this new and fascinating field of study.
CONCLUSION
In this paper we examine the mathematics of creation and uncover just one implication, the immaculate induction hypothesis. The availability of the power of mathematical analysis helps make clear the connections between the sacred and the profane. In this one example we examine the implication of just one simple religious truth, the complexity and beauty of the world around us imply the existence of a creator,