3.1 ”By Their Fruits”
“Actually - so
they say - there is intrinsically only
awareness, observation, measurement. If through
them I have procured at a given moment the best
knowledge of the state of the physical object
that is possibly attainable in accord with
natural laws, then I can turn aside as
meaningless any further questioning about
the "actual state", inasmuch as I am convinced
that no further observation can extend my
knowledge of it - at least, not without an
equivalent diminution in some other respect.”
The Present Situation in Quantum Mechanics,
Erwin Schrödinger, Proceedings of the
American Philosophical Society, 124,
323-38
This assumes that
behind these observed facts, there is an
objective reality that causes these special
observable relations that we call the state of
existence (State Function or State Vector). This
is expressed in Quantum Mechanics as a relation
between Wave function (State) and observables.
As we associate a property from each reactive
relationship, we arrive at the compendium of the
state of existence – the State Ket Vector or
State Function.

where
means
represented by
The components
of the matrix are the possible states. In all
religions, God is defined in terms of his
properties. Islam defines Allah with 101 names.
All Jewish Patriarchs found and defined God in
terms of what he was to them. Thus God is a
Provider (Yhvh Jireh), God my healer (Yhvh Rophe)
and so on. For a list of Names of God, see
http://www.acns.com/~mm9n/names/name.htm
The state of a
system is fully described by the wavefunction
y(r1, r2,...;t). The
coordinates of the location of all particles in
the system and the time uniquely define the
state of the system at any given instant. We
must of course include any internal coordinates
such as spin, color, charm, truth, beauty, taste
or whatever in this definition, but once
specified, the system is uniquely defined.
Notice that all interactive coordinates of all
properties must be defined if the state function
is to be complete.
3.2 Observables,
non-Observables and Hermeticity
For every
observable, there is an associated operator
which operating on the State function extracts
the observable. This extracted value will be
one of the possible values of the system.

There is a special
class of operators that are called Hermitian
operators. They are of particular importance in
quantum mechanics because they have the property
that all of their eigenvalues are real (and does
not contain an imaginary part). This is
convenient for the measurement outcome of any
experiment must be a real number. There are non-Hermitian
operators, but they do not correspond to
observable properties. All observable properties
are represented by Hermitian operators, but not
all Hermitian operators correspond to an
observable property. The presence of the
imaginary terms will indicate that there are
other dimensions involved and we are observing
only a projection of the state into the real
world. Unless we have the complete picture in
all dimensions, our understanding will be only
partial.

In soteriology, also
the only measurable quantities are the "works".
Though Christians would say that the salvation
is independent of the "good works", good works
are dependent on salvation – or the state
function of the person concerned. That is why
Paul asserts:
Eph.2: 10 For we are
God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do
good works, which God prepared in advance for us
to do.
James asserts
James 2: 14 What good
is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have
faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save
him?15 Suppose a brother or sister is without
clothes and daily food.16If one of you says to
him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well
fed," but does nothing about his physical needs,
what good is it?17 In the same way, faith by
itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is
dead.18 But someone will say, "You have faith; I
have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds,
and I will show you my faith by what I do.19 You
believe that there is one God. Good! Even the
demons believe that--and shudder.20You foolish
man, do you want evidence that faith without
deeds is useless?
One false argument
that is often portrayed is that good works can
be the result of a self-motivated sinful nature
It may be a ruse for a while. They are then
pseudo good works. Nevertheless, taken over a
period it simply cannot be true. A bad person
cannot bring forth-good fruit. Any such argument
will be simply contrary to Jesus’ statements.
Mat. 7: 18 A good
tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree
cannot bear good fruit.19 …. 20 Thus, by their
fruit you will recognize them.
I had several people
asking me "How do we know that someone is
saved?" Put it that way it looks impossible to
answer. The question is "How do we know the
state function of the person?" The answer simply
is "by their fruit." John gives the same rule.
1John 3: 10 This is
how we know who the children of God are and who
the children of the devil are: Anyone who does
not do what is right is not a child of God; nor
is anyone who does not love his brother.
Again, it is evident
from the argument that occasionally an evil
person can produce an apparent good work. He can
indeed have an ulterior motive. Therefore, a
single measurement of the event will not give us
the state of the person. On the other hand, his
real state betrays the motive and will explain
the outcome. In the same way, a saved person
will also do evil. However, in the end by
repeated measurements over a period of time over
a given space the result should be evident. It
is not necessarily the mistake of the measuring
instrument but it is because the measuring
instrument itself is built into our system. Any
attempt to present good works, as the result of
evil heart is certainly a mistaken -scriptural
as well as practically.
Mat: 12: 24 But when
the Pharisees heard this, they said, "It is only
by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this
fellow drives out demons."25 Jesus knew their
thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom
divided against itself will be ruined, and every
city or household divided against itself will
not stand.26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is
divided against himself. How then can his
kingdom stand?27 And if I drive out demons by
Beelzebub, by whom do your people drive them
out? So then, they will be your judges.28 But if
I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then
the kingdom of God has come upon you.
We know that the
amount of good works that results from the
salvation process varies with individuals. But
certainly the saved should show increased good
works in their life.
Though we are yet far
from writing a Schrödinger equation for the
personality we could get much out of the basic
Quantum mechanical approach to particles. This
is what I am trying to develop in this article.
This probably is the first attempt of this kind
and therefore I have my limitations. But I
believe it contains the germs of a scientific
logical approach to several vexing problems in
soteriology.
Confronted with
apparently difficult situation of relating the
unseen and the seen, how Quantum Theory – in
which I include all of its variations such as
Quantum Mechanics, Wave Mechanics, Matrix
Mechanics, Schrödinger Formalism, Quantum Field
Theory and all Unified Field theory attempts. –
and the scientific community handled the
situation is worth following. Understanding the
basic difficulties and then accepting what is
inevitable had been the result. In contrast in
theology we are confronted with a situation of
unbelief and disregard for the conflict. There
is no point in assuming that there are no
conflicts. Saying it louder and in veiled form
will not make it disappear. I had often come to
doubt even my logical ability when people
assert, "Absolute predestination and absolute
free will are both consistent and can coexist
without conflict. If it does not exist in a
fallen creation, it existed in pre-fall Adamic
period." I still fail to understand that. Fact
is that one precludes another. The first step is
to recognize that some of our assumptions are in
direct conflict with observations and with the
revealed Word of God. We need to learn to accept
them as they are and see how they can be
reconciled. The scientific world has given us
some clue into this mystery.
Even the very existence of God is derived
through such observables. Bible is said to be
the revelation or unveiling of God. But apart
from certain prophetic messages with the
indroduction “Thus says the Lord”, and direct
messages with the introduction, “ I am the Lord
your God”, most of the bible especially the Old
Testament is simply the history of the world and
eventually the history of the nation of Israel.
God appears to Moses as “the God of your
fathers”.
Exo
3:6 And he said, "I am the God of your father,
the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob."
It is the collective experience of generations
that identifies Yhvh.
When Moses asked
“What is your name?”, the only answer was “I am
that I am” which simply means that he is a state
of existence which cannot be fully explained,
but can be known by his dealings with people in
history. Yhvh proved himself to be God through
his action through history. Even the validity
of Prophetic messages were subject to validation
through history.
Exo 6:7
… you shall know that I am the LORD your God,
who has brought you out from under the burdens
of the Egyptians.
Mat
7:16 By their
fruits ye shall know them.
God is known only
through his faithfulness and personal experience
of individuals and collective experience.
Individual experiences are subservient to the
collective experience – because of the
Uncertainty Principles, which we will be
discussing later. Thus even in knowing God and
deducing the existence of God there is an
uncertainty. That is why collective experience
and national memories are emphasized throughout
the bible.
3.3 The
statistical interpretation of Born (1926)
In Quantum
Physics, states are not observables. But there
is a direct relation between the observables and
the non-observables. Some times the
unobservables in relation to observables are
referred to as virtual variables. Several
interpretations explaining the relation between
the two are in existence
Here the wave function
is defined as the
“Probability Density Amplitude.”
The wording is taken
following the waves. is and
amplitude. So Squaring it will give the
Probability Density. Since
is a complex function squaring will make
P=
*
Born’s Statistical
interpretation maintains that the absolute
square of the wave function represents the
probability for observation of a certain result,
(For example, the probability for finding the
electron within a given volume in space.) P is
the probability density. It is best explained
as P dx will give the probability of finding the
particle between x and x+dx.
There is almost
complete consensus between physicists with
regard to the fact that the predictions, which
are obtained from theory applying this rule,
match all experiments perfectly. Physicists
extend this assumption to other dimensions of
properties as well. Hence this should be true
even in our multidimensional space, which not
only includes human physical level but also the
mental and the spiritual dimensions. I have
discussed the basis of this assumption in the
introduction. Bible abundantly corroborates
this assumption.
John 13: 35 By this
all men will know that you are my disciples, if
you love one another.
John 15: 13 Greater
love has no one than this, that he lay down his
life for his friends.
So the measurable
aspect of Christian faith is to be seen only in
the physical expression of love to all mankind.
The virtual variable of the "God State" is
placed within you. Since God is Love it should
manifest itself in love. When the world saw the
love of the Christians they deduced that they
indeed were special. That changed the world. It
was the difference from the norm that showed the
unobservable wave function (the guiding
potential) that lay behind the expression. If at
anytime in history, the church did not produce a
statistically significant increase of "good
works" within it, we should certainly assume
that there is something wrong in the state of
the Church. If conversion does not produce a new
creature, it is not a rebirth. It should show a
fallacy of faith and a falsity in salvation
experience. It is not difficult to identify such
periods in the history of both the history of
Israel and in the history of the Church in
various countries. In the history of Israel
prophets were not averse to declaring this.
However during the church age, we tend to ignore
this reality. The best way to check the state of
your church is to measure the honesty and
goodness of its members and compare it
statistically with the general population. Is it
significantly higher? If not it is time to
rebuild the church on better footing. It is time
for a revival. One sad tendency of the
evangelical Christians is to play down the "good
works", as though they do not matter. This was a
necessary reaction to replacing "good works"
instead of faith. But we are keeping it beyond
the necessary level to the detriment of the
basic tenet.
Jam
2:18 But some one will say, "You have faith and
I have works." Show me your faith apart from
your works, and I by my works will show you my
faith.
The world was grappling with the
various results and equation of Lorenz,
Fitzgerard and Poincare before it could be
explained naturally by the formulation of
Relativity. The black body radiation behavior
and the photoelectric effect led to the quantum
theory. This is the normal process of growth. We
always go back from observed facts to the
reality behind the facts. If we try the other
way round it may or may not be correct. This we
have seen from the Platonic style of theology
starting from the attributes of God. They don’t
tally with actual reality or with all
revelations of God without tampering. The monism
of Origen condemned by the council of
Constantinople was also due to such an approach.
A strict monistic definition of God certainly
required a created trinity. This is also the
reason for the Islamic objection for
incarnation.
Because the possible
internal coordinates are numerous, and since a
slight difference in one coordinate can produce
a different outcome, a single observation cannot
be used to define the state of the system. This
is because that observation is only one of the
eigenvalues of the equation and not the whole
answer. Only when we consider the whole
spectrum of eigenvalues (observed facts) we can
get a fair idea of the state.