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What is the difference between God and the laws of nature?

שו”תCategory: philosophyWhat is the difference between God and the laws of nature?
asked 1 year ago

The main argument of your physico-theological view is that the laws of nature are special and need an explanation, and the only explanation is God, but how exactly does that solve the problem? If it is the opposite, it creates a big problem of who created something so complex that can create such complex things, or in other words, both are special and God is even more special than the laws, and adding God to an equation that would solve one complexity only adds complexity to the equation and solves nothing? So, a question for Dukha, what is the explanation for God’s complexity?


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מיכי Staff answered 1 year ago
I explained this at length in the third conversation in the first stanza. In short, without assuming that there is a first link that does not need a cause outside of it, you get caught in an infinite regression. This link is not necessarily complex, but in any case it is its own cause.

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השואל replied 1 year ago

The laws of nature are complex, but the thing that created them is less complex than them? Sounds a little strange to me.

מיכי Staff replied 1 year ago

As I wrote, it really doesn't matter. But in principle it is possible, since this creator is a being with consciousness and intention who conceives the product and not a machine that mechanically produces the product. Therefore, he doesn't necessarily have to have complexity in order to create complexity. But as mentioned, it doesn't matter for our purposes.

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