To address the topic of whether Newtonian God is necessary or not if jump across time is accepted, I think we should first attain a clarity as to what Jump Across Time actually is.
"Jump Across Time". The phrase brings to mind, well , time travel. Ah the dream of time travel, to sail upon the currents of time. Many a science fiction author have agonized to bring it to life in their books. But the jump across time we are talking about is something much more subtle, much more real. I actually did not understand what it was in class, so I proceeded to beseech Mr. Navjyothi Singh himself to explain it. The explanation he gave was both succinct and simple. He said that I had the thought in my head to ask this doubt of him, and this thought made me approach him and do so. Basically, an event that happened in the past, i.e in this case the thought to ask a doubt, dictated my actions in the present. This is basically jump across time(as I understand it), the idea that something that happened in the past can influence the present or future.
Can intuition be called jump across time? Personally, I really don't think so. The dictionary describes it as " The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition.".I do not see in any way how this can be jump across time, it is just a phenomenon of immediate cognition, not cognition into the future.
Now to move to the great man's views. Isaac Newton believed God to be an absolute power and empire. He stated space and time to be the two organs of God, and that He has absolute knowledge of both. Man has a limited view of both. According to him "Sensorium of creature is caged in body but not that of God. God is not the soul of the world; neither is world a body of God; nor does God resemble human mind. The term God is principally a name of power and empire".
As Newton say, man moves through the grace of God. It is instantaneous, it is absolute. Newton does believe in jump across space, this is what is gravity. He says that gravity, i.e the force that makes two objects move together(eg. The ocean waves and the moon) is again because God is making them move in unison.So, Newton says both the realms of matter and men are subservient to God.
Yes, Newton's view does not support jump across time, as he says that humans move in the present through the instantaneous grace of God. Do we need Newtonian God if jump across time is accepted?
Personally, yes, I think so. There is no doubt that jump across time is accepted. I propose a small modification to Newtons Theory. Newton himself says that time is the vestigial organ of God, and he can see all, past, present and future. I think that the jump across time we are talking about can be explained if we take it to be movement through God's grace itself, He is dictating our actions as He has seen in our future and although it seems like we are doing something because of a thought or a decision in the past, it actually is due to God's grace.
It can also be thought of in a different way. Jump across time is mostly due to our thoughts. I say that it can be explained saying that the thought itself originated through God's grace, so even if the action that we do in the present or future can be said to be because of the thought, it was actually through God's grace that the thought itself was born, so by entailment it can be said that the action itself was also due to God's grace.
Of course, this theory that I put forward may clash with the traditional Newtonian God theory. But I think that the theory as it stands cannot explain the very real phenomenon that is Jump Across Time, so it is flawed. I, in fact, respect the theory and think that it could be perfect with the addition(or modification) that I have put forward.
Now, to Humanities. Humanities innately accepts jump across time. I think that it is almost based upon it. When we study how ideas in the past have modeled the present, we are talking about jump across time. There is so better example for this than the Renaissance Period. The ideas and thoughts that were born are still affecting, modelling and changing the world as we know it today. It can truly be called the Golden Time of Enlightenment.
To conclude, I think that Newtonian God is necessary(or atleast a valid theory) if jump across time is accepted(albeit maybe with the modification or addition I have put forward.). And, Humanities very much accepts(maybe even needs to accept) jump across time.
I would also like to thank Navjyothi sir for introducing such a thought-provoking and interesting topic.
This is Hemant, signing off.
Cheers!
"Jump Across Time". The phrase brings to mind, well , time travel. Ah the dream of time travel, to sail upon the currents of time. Many a science fiction author have agonized to bring it to life in their books. But the jump across time we are talking about is something much more subtle, much more real. I actually did not understand what it was in class, so I proceeded to beseech Mr. Navjyothi Singh himself to explain it. The explanation he gave was both succinct and simple. He said that I had the thought in my head to ask this doubt of him, and this thought made me approach him and do so. Basically, an event that happened in the past, i.e in this case the thought to ask a doubt, dictated my actions in the present. This is basically jump across time(as I understand it), the idea that something that happened in the past can influence the present or future.
Can intuition be called jump across time? Personally, I really don't think so. The dictionary describes it as " The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition.".I do not see in any way how this can be jump across time, it is just a phenomenon of immediate cognition, not cognition into the future.
Now to move to the great man's views. Isaac Newton believed God to be an absolute power and empire. He stated space and time to be the two organs of God, and that He has absolute knowledge of both. Man has a limited view of both. According to him "Sensorium of creature is caged in body but not that of God. God is not the soul of the world; neither is world a body of God; nor does God resemble human mind. The term God is principally a name of power and empire".
As Newton say, man moves through the grace of God. It is instantaneous, it is absolute. Newton does believe in jump across space, this is what is gravity. He says that gravity, i.e the force that makes two objects move together(eg. The ocean waves and the moon) is again because God is making them move in unison.So, Newton says both the realms of matter and men are subservient to God.
Yes, Newton's view does not support jump across time, as he says that humans move in the present through the instantaneous grace of God. Do we need Newtonian God if jump across time is accepted?
Personally, yes, I think so. There is no doubt that jump across time is accepted. I propose a small modification to Newtons Theory. Newton himself says that time is the vestigial organ of God, and he can see all, past, present and future. I think that the jump across time we are talking about can be explained if we take it to be movement through God's grace itself, He is dictating our actions as He has seen in our future and although it seems like we are doing something because of a thought or a decision in the past, it actually is due to God's grace.
It can also be thought of in a different way. Jump across time is mostly due to our thoughts. I say that it can be explained saying that the thought itself originated through God's grace, so even if the action that we do in the present or future can be said to be because of the thought, it was actually through God's grace that the thought itself was born, so by entailment it can be said that the action itself was also due to God's grace.
Of course, this theory that I put forward may clash with the traditional Newtonian God theory. But I think that the theory as it stands cannot explain the very real phenomenon that is Jump Across Time, so it is flawed. I, in fact, respect the theory and think that it could be perfect with the addition(or modification) that I have put forward.
Now, to Humanities. Humanities innately accepts jump across time. I think that it is almost based upon it. When we study how ideas in the past have modeled the present, we are talking about jump across time. There is so better example for this than the Renaissance Period. The ideas and thoughts that were born are still affecting, modelling and changing the world as we know it today. It can truly be called the Golden Time of Enlightenment.
To conclude, I think that Newtonian God is necessary(or atleast a valid theory) if jump across time is accepted(albeit maybe with the modification or addition I have put forward.). And, Humanities very much accepts(maybe even needs to accept) jump across time.
I would also like to thank Navjyothi sir for introducing such a thought-provoking and interesting topic.
This is Hemant, signing off.
Cheers!
