Zen short story: God and probability
By emptychair
@innertalks (23736)
Australia
April 11, 2022 12:26am CST
The Zen master, Frilock Riscposhke, was also a master mathematician.
He liked to use his Zen, and his mathematical skills, in unison, to come up with some answers for him about God.
Now, all games of chance, have a certain probability of their outcome being a particular outcome.
"Does God know what lotto numbers will come up before they do, or not?"
he asked his students, one day.
"Is mathematical probability still a law that applies to God too, or with no such thing as time, would God just see what he sees, and so probability would not even be a factor in his life?"
"Yes, probability is linked to time, but as God exists outside of time, it is never a consideration for God, as all always happens always only as he directs it, or plans it, to happen."
"A perfect plan has no factoring into it of any probability."
"For us, the probability of something happening can act as a sort of a guide for us,and so mathematics serves its purpose for us, but with God, he has no use, or need for such guidance, as he goes it alone with his ideas, and plans."
"Nobody knows what God has planned, but we can guestimate it with our skills of probability."
"Probability serves the imperfect, whereas the perfect have no need for it, in their perfection."
There can be a probability/possibility of failure with us, for us, but not with God.
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God works his sums out perfectly, and never does he play dice with the world.
Albert Einstein, one of the most revered physicists of all time, said this too, showing his agreement with these ideas, as well.
"God does not play dice with the world,"
is one of his most famous of quotes.
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@Shiva49 (28377)
• Singapore
11 Apr 22
Yes, God balances everything to perfection.
He does not go wrong as then we all be history too in a split second.
That he has gone on and on for billions of years that we have managed to estimate shows his sense of perfection.
We can only marvel at his accomplishment.
And to think what we know is almost nothing makes it all the more astonishing.
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@innertalks (23736)
• Australia
11 Apr 22
God created everything perfect, and it remains perfect, but he allows us to tinker with some of it, and then he merely fixes our mistakes over time.
Nothing is allowed to go too far wrong for too long, as he is always in the background, checking that all will never be destroyed in that split second that you mentioned too.
@innertalks (23736)
• Australia
12 Apr 22
@Shiva49 Interesting, as the thought is that the continents were all merged once before too. New Zealand was once a part of Australia, before it broke away.
Perhaps, this is a metaphor, for life; we all broke away from God, but at some stage, we will all merge again with him too. The journey will go full circle!
The ride, always takes us back to God, in the end. All roads always all point towards God.
@Shiva49 (28377)
• Singapore
12 Apr 22
@innertalks Yes, god sees to it that no one is lost but, maybe, recycled forever!
The exact equation of the process is his prerogative. After all, he keeps it all going but we are still part of the whole process - he knows what he does.
I read on BBC the continents could sort of merge millions of years down the line with down under squeezed with others too!
Have to agree no two days are the same and let us enjoy the ride though not able to see the helmsman.
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@innertalks (23736)
• Australia
11 Apr 22
Yes, we do not ever just say that God is probably there for us.
God is always there for us, as you say, in both our successes, and in our failures.
God is always there for us, to guide us, if, and when, we ask him for his help, and his guidance.
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