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Learning about crossovers helped convert me from atheist to a believer in God

Let’s see if this one survives.    

I have been an atheist for 50 years.  Recently I became a believer.  One factor that helped tip the scales is the “fine tuned universe” argument - the idea that the physics constants, e.g. the mass of an electron, are so finely “selected” that if they weren’t very close to what they are, life wouldn’t exist.  This is an argument for a creator.  The best counter argument seems to be that there are an infinite number of universes and we got lucky.  

When I got into audio, and started learning about crossovers, I was ASTOUNDED at how well the pieces fit together.  Octaves are exact doubles of frequency.  3dB describes so many seemingly unrelated phenomena.  But the one that really got me was the magic of capacitors and inductors.  They share no parts, other than wires sticking out at each end (usually), one acts due to voltage, one acts due to electromagnetism, one resists AC, one resists DC.  And yet, somehow, they are mirror images of each other, using almost exactly the same equations, behaving perfectly orthogonal to each other, even to the extent of how powerfully they perform their function (3dB again).  How is this possible?  Could this have happened due to random chance?  I smell a creator.  

alanhuth

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antigrunge2
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The convolution of politics and religion was one of the principal subjects the Founding Fathers tried to prevent in drafting the Constitution. To see the religious right claim it as theirs is as much an alternative truth as MAGA was in its heyday

antigrunge2
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In science one differentiates between in- and deductive hypotheses. Hopefully I am  not insulting anybody in assigning this to the former and perceiving some distance to Thomas of Aquinas‘ attempted proof.

antigrunge2
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Navigating the fine line between insight and tautology: Panta Rei

antigrunge2
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Transitions between creationism, spirituality, religion and confessional faith are gradual. Excluding one from the other is a matter of personal opinion. Whatever you call it should be highly personal and in no way used to instruct others about the right way to live. In hippie words, love and peace, brothers. 

To apply the same principle to audio would rid us of many a selfrighteous and opinionated post in these fora. 

antigrunge2
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@mahgister 

I had them sorted by increasing commitment and fervour. You are obviously free to use your own criteria.

Any attempt to prove the existence of a however fashioned higher order requires belief rather than science, hence my answer was meant to highlight the private nature of belief as a socially insufficient basis for political decisions. Hence my comments about the Constitution‘s outlook on the issue.

antigrunge2
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@mahgister 

Never mind: What I was getting at is that personal beliefs are an insufficient base for meeting Kant‘s moral imperative and as such are incapable of forming the basis for general legislation, i.e. politics. And for the record: I do not concur with your assertion that there is no more border between private belief and generally accepted truth (lest we accept ‘alternative truths’

antigrunge2
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At its most basic Kant stipulates that you shouldn’t do to others what you don’t want to be done to you: some exterior motive imposed on the thinking process!
 

And as to your postulated abolition of a private sphere: that is clearly each individual’s choice. Just the fact that some people are indiscriminate doesn’t warrant the abolition of one of the most fundamental human freedoms. Yes, there are corporations abusing the gullible, that however is a matter for regulation.

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