Posted: Jan 28, 2019 5:10 pm
Augustine uses a three tier model of the universe,
That which is effected by time and place - bodies
That which is effected by time only - souls
That nothing effects - god.
But this is very similar to modern thinking. An ever existing universe of nothing is a three body problem the result of which is the quantum froth, some of which gets a bit more complex and evolves into universes, some of which are complex enough to have life forms typing away. So the issues of determinism and freedom are resolved by building on Augustine’s ideas, replacing his connections of souls and Jesus Christ with complexity and cas.
That which is effected by time and place - bodies
That which is effected by time only - souls
That nothing effects - god.
But this is very similar to modern thinking. An ever existing universe of nothing is a three body problem the result of which is the quantum froth, some of which gets a bit more complex and evolves into universes, some of which are complex enough to have life forms typing away. So the issues of determinism and freedom are resolved by building on Augustine’s ideas, replacing his connections of souls and Jesus Christ with complexity and cas.