**UPDATE** Christians and the Nature of Reality

**UPDATE** When I posted this in September, I had no idea that a few months later I would be reading a book called "The Story of Reality". It sort of relates to my thoughts here but in a weird way. I highly recommend this book to anyone - Christian, Atheist, or Skeptic. 

I also have another of the author's books "Tactics", but have not read it yet.

The other day while watching YouTube, bouncing from videos under one subscription to another, something dawned on me. I watched a video about quantum computing, then watched a video Bible study on the book of Matthew. It would surprise a lot of people that the Matthew study included sidebars on quantum physics and theories on alternate dimensions. Yeah, really. 

Now I can't discuss physics or computing in detail when talking with smart people, but when I even reveal an interest in those things, some of my online friends are shocked. It's as if they think that the secular world owns all things outside of what they think of as the Christian religion. Most people really do think all Christians are narrow-minded and ignorant.

Okay, we are "narrow" in our beliefs - as in "narrow is the gate" - but that does not mean that we are narrow in awareness of ideas or ignorant of science and technology. The rest of the world is not privy to information that we Christians are blind to. As a matter of fact, we have believed in many things that the rest of the world - including scientists and technologists - are just now understanding.

Here are some ideas that many Christians think about and consider as possible from a Bible point of view:

• That we exist in a digital simulation.
• That time & space is bent.
• The universe as a breathing thing.

Yeah. Really.

One of my favorite Bible teachers, the late Chuck Missler surprised me in a huge way the first time I read of his ideas about our reality. He wrote this article over 20 years ago and I just found it a couple of years ago. There are other Christians - here is the opinion of one of us -  who find Missler's musings to be "anti-biblical". I think they are mistaking his position. He is not being mystical or influenced by New Age ideas. He is thinking of creation as seen from outside the dimension we see. Certainly, God has the ultimate view of His creation and its existence. Also, man didn't invent quantum physics - or any of the science and technology that so fascinated us. Man is only discovering things that God put into existence.

When I consider the ideas of a simulated universe, I don't think of mystical impressions from New Age practitioners. I think of the Bible and the various passages that make me consider the wonder and intricacies of God's creation.

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. (1 Corinthians 13:12)

So, if you want to look at some ideas from the perspective of some Christians, take a look at some of the articles and videos like this one (and this one) where Missler discusses his views.

Peace

--Free