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Aspiring astrophysicist graduates college at 11, wants to scientifically prove existence of God when he grows up
Trump won the election, how much more proof do you need?
If people don’t accept creation as proof, or prophetic prophecies which demonstrate God’s foreknowledge, or miracles which demonstrate God’s power, then they aren’t likely to accept whatever proof he comes up with.
But I like his heart.
“... He graduated from St. Petersburg College with an associate degree in Florida...”
What does an associate degree in Florida do for you???
Do you go for a bachelors degree in Georgia???
I’ll bet he read the Bible in under 6mins.
Probably the best way to do it. That way none of the administration or faculty is aware of what is being said.
God invented and implemented physics; but He is not in physics, the earthquake, the whirlwind, or the raging fire. He is Spirit, not material.
It is still amazing to me that God DOES intervene in physics, and that He DID create beings, in His Image, with whom He can dwell, communicate and render assistance.
This is what makes the Incarnation the signal event in the history of the universe; because it is when God merged Spirit with flesh, eternal with temporal, and miraculous with mundane.
So, good luck, kid, and keep the faith, whether in spite of, or because of, what you find out!
As humans, we are constrained in what what our finite thinking process, limited by a set of legos and principles as it is, can get its thinking hands around. Having some humility around the 'don't know you don't know' quadrant is wise.
Then it's possible to know without needing thinking.
But I also say 'go get 'em! tough guy'. Admire anyone who takes on an impossible task as long as he's not hurting anyone. He will learn SOMETHING. But probably it will be how yuge and beyond thought is what he seeks to prove. That is a good thing.
Then he will understand the difference between knowing and proving. (And the difference between knowing and belief.)
An Associate degree is not ‘graduating college’. An Associate degree is an expensive high school diploma.
What a remarkable boy! I would of course be proud of him and encourage learning, I would also be concerned that this child might feel isolated and lonely due to his intellect.
Hopefully, he knows how to have fun with kids of his own age once in a while.
Hopefully, his parents remember how important it is to be a child and do childish things when all is age appropriate. At some point, if not already, I would expect a young person like this to become an entrepreneur, and establish his own existence via capitalism, creating jobs for other people.
Any Associate Members of the Unnecessary Quotes Reporting Squad want to weigh in here? If somebody said, "that kid is a genius", I think "he has been called a genius" is correct. Or is something like "his Ford Focus has been called a 'car'" is the correct way to do it now?
This is the sort of kid that NASA may want to train for certain tasks, tasks light years beyond the average American.
Now he needs a time out!
The first step is to define God.
A proper definition should be able to convert most atheists to theists.
I had a Dr. a long time ago who graduated college at age 14.
The kid only needs a mirror for that
Well that’s refreshing. TV and the movies like to portray scientific geniuses as atheists. Sheldon Cooper, for example. In reality they’re as diverse in their beliefs as the rest of us.
Since God transcends the empirical it is impossible to “prove” his existence empirically. You can create a very high probability however, which the classical and presuppositional arguments already do.
ahhh...the “holy grail” of existence: unify both physics and meta-physics. Prove through both that all things require the “Uncaused-Cause”! (see Thomas Aquinas)
This is only made more difficult by the never-ending proliferation of theories, conjectures, assumptions and hypothesizing that something can come from nothing.
“He wants to be an astrophysicist and scientifically prove the existence of God when he grows up ...”
So, he’s going to wait for God to grow up?
I guess proper sentence structure is no longer taught in journalism school.