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

When I first saw the title of this thread, I kept my distance, knowing what I'd say. I tried to read through it but my eyes glazed over halfway through the first page but I have to say something without leaving. 

I've found more "god' in my discovery of avocado toast (image and all) than in all that I've read about religion. That, and it has to have that sunny side up egg on it. It's those little epiphanies that'll do it to you.

All the best,
Nonoise

I think that you are right...

Sometimes discussing we forgot the essential in life... The essential is in details...Not in great books... But i like too much books to sometimes catch the "avocado taste" ...God is there not in my books...but perhaps in my books too and i miss him because of my big ego ?

 

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I’ve found more "god’ in my discovery of avocado toast (image and all) than in all that I’ve read about religion. That, and it has to have that sunny side up egg on it. It’s those little epiphanies that’ll do it to you.

C/mon, is there anyone else out there that finds this thread misplaced, bizarre and self indulgent?  Perhaps Audiogon should have a Philosophy/Theology tab or change the name to Audiogod. Truth be told, this thread has made me want to listen to Instant Karma more than once.                                                

Law 3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.

Cipolla laws of stupidity

 

I guess that with your ten posts  on audiogon  bashing all people writing in this thread with no reason and no benefit for you make you a candidate...