The multiverse as portrayed in Marvel Comics

2 Replies to “The multiverse as portrayed in Marvel Comics”

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   bornagain77 says:

   November 6, 2016 at 8:01 pm

   So their proof for the multiverse is SpiderMan comics? How fitting. Imaginary characters providing imaginary proof for an imaginary hypothesis. Bet it gets peer reviewed in no time flat! 🙂 I wonder if in the next issue of Marvel comics SpiderMan and his fellow Marvel comic superheros are going to war against an army of theists riding on the horns of a great pink beast known to his tribesman as “The Saddlehorn Dilemma”.

   Why Most Atheists Believe in Pink Unicorns – May 2014
   Excerpt: Given an infinite amount of time, anything that is logically possible(11) will eventually happen. So, given an infinite number of universes being created in (presumably) an infinite amount of time, you are not only guaranteed to get your universe but every other possible universe. This means that every conceivable universe exists, from ones that consist of nothing but a giant black hole, to ones that are just like ours and where someone just like you is reading a blog post just like this, except it’s titled: “Why most atheists believe in blue unicorns.”
   By now I’m sure you know where I’m going with this, but I’ll say it anyway. Since we know that horses are possible, and that pink animals are possible, and that horned animals are possible, then there is no logical reason why pink unicorns are not possible entities. Ergo, if infinite universes exist, then pink unicorns must necessarily exist. For an atheist to appeal to multiverse theory to deny the need of a designer infers that he believes in that theory more than a theistically suggestive single universe. And to believe in the multiverse means that one is saddled with everything that goes with it, like pink unicorns. In fact, they not only believe in pink unicorns, but that someone just like them is riding on one at this very moment, and who believes that elephants, giraffes, and zebra are merely childish fairytales.
   Postscript
   While it may be amusing to imagine atheists riding pink unicorns, it should be noted that the belief in them does not logically invalidate atheism. There theoretically could be multiple universes and there theoretically could be pink unicorns. However, there is a more substantial problem for the atheist if he wants to believe in them and he wants to remain an atheist. Since, as I said, anything can happen in the realm of infinities, one of those possibilities is the production of a being of vast intelligence and power. Such a being would be as a god to those like us, and could perhaps breach the boundaries of the multiverse to, in fact, be a “god” to this universe. This being might even have the means to create its own universe and embody the very description of the God of Christianity (or any other religion that the atheist otherwise rejects). It seems the atheist, in affirming the multiverse in order to avoid the problem of fine-tuning, finds himself on the horns of a dilemma. The further irony is that somewhere, in the great wide world of infinities, the atheist’s doppelganger is going to war against an army of theists riding on the horns of a great pink beast known to his tribesman as “The Saddlehorn Dilemma.”
   https://pspruett.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/why-most-atheists-believe-in-pink-unicorns/

   The Multiverse confirms the Ontological Argument for God – video
   https://youtu.be/MgDn_k11ups

   Does a Multiverse Explain the Fine Tuning of the Universe? – Dr. Craig (observer selection effect vs. Boltzmann Brains) – video
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb9aXduPfuA

   Verse:

   2 Corinthians 10:5
   Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

   1 Corinthians 2:9-10
   However, as it is written:
   “What no eye has seen,
   what no ear has heard,
   and what no human mind has conceived” —
   the things God has prepared for those who love him—
   these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.
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   221b_baker_st says:

   June 10, 2017 at 11:53 am

   I’m obviously late to this discussion, but unfortunately I’m afraid many people miss the point and the real danger here. It’s easy to mock the idea of “proof through Marvel” but the fact is that movies like Dr. Strange are pouring the essence of an atheistic approach to cosmology and a very specific, pro-atheistic version of the multiverse into people’s skulls. Worse, it helps them emotionally by-pass the logical conclusion of atheism by presenting a shallow naturalism as heroic and engaging, provoking a semblance of religious awe.

   People don’t turn off their imaginations when moving from the common room into the lecture hall. We’ve got to recognize the danger and engage them on that field too. Otherwise, we’ve ceded at least half the battle for the mind. You’re not going to effectively combat that with facts alone–and you certainly won’t win by relying on scorn. The best way to respond is with better stories containing more truth.