the God of Potential

by David Birnbaum

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God and Evil
(1988)

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THE GOD OF POTENTIAL

Eheyeh

As noted, a key Biblcal name of God
Self-identified at The 'Burning Bush' saga
c. 1250 BCE exodus from Egypt
- Book of Exodus [ Shemot ] 3:14 is -
(in the Biblical hebrew) Eheyeh Asher Eheyeh
“I WILL BE THAT WHICH I WILL BE”

I AM THE GOD OF POTENTIAL

And, if the Divine
is the God of Potential
then THEODICY ( the problem of evil )
and THEOGONY ( the origins of the Divine )
both fall into place philosophically

See Summa I: God and Evil: Religious Man
for elucidation

[ As you know, in 2005 God and Evil was re-named
Summa Metaphysica I: Religious Man: God and Evil
when Summa II was published.......see SummaMetaphysica.com ]

excerpt from    
God and Evil  (Summa Metaphysica I)
KTAV Publishing, NJ  1988,
from section 100.00: The Epicenter of the Divine,  pps: 66-67  

Holy Divine Potential.....
the infinite Divine blaze leapt forth...."

the God of Potential

more excerpts

excerpts from
God and Evil (Summa Metaphysica I)
KTAV Publishing, NJ, 1988,
from section 300:00: The Underlying Dynamic
pps. 78-82

THE UNDERLYING COSMIC DYNAMIC

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the God of Potential

Appositions + Foreword

( extracted from Summa I )

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The Epicenter of the Divine

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18 propositions

(Summa I & II only)

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[ A Modern Kabbalah ]

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[note: 3 of the 10 are focused on the embedded Kabbalah matrix]

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Potential & the Mitzvot

( extracted from Summa I )

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a focused YouTube channel

Unifying Science & Spirituality

a video review of Potentialism Theory

by Benjamin Blech

Paradigm changing revolutions
often present a scenario of a complacent entrenched
seemingly omnipotent
immovable object
[establishement]
overthrown by a maverick
irresistible force
- whose time has come

- Thomas Kuhn
1922-1996

WHICH?

Which universe are we?

Are we the universe of the New Atheists -
aimless / random / barren of meaning / purposeless /
with no 'pilot' / with 'potential' irrelevant / a 'Dumb Universe'

or

Are we the universe of Potentialism -
directional / guided / alive with meaning / purpose-driven* /
with yes, a 'pilot' ** / seeking MAX potential / a 'Smart Universe' /

*  realization of potential; questing to be ever-more sophisticated & complex

** Q4P^∞

Summa Metaphysica series

POTENTIALISM THEORY

www.SummaMetaphysica.com

metaphysics / philosophy / cosmology / teleology / evolution

introducing the core cosmic instinct: Q4P^∞

OVERVIEW:
SUMMA SERIES

the 4-volume Summa series
21st Century
Potentialism Theory
(32-year span)

selected excerpts from book flap

Summa Metaphysica I

GOD AND EVIL

by DAVID BIRNBAUM

David Birnbaum’s God and Evil is a major philosophical study which systematically confronts the philosophical problem of evil, and the Holocaust in particular...

Summa Metaphysica I: God and Evil: Religious Man (1988) is the first of three books in Birnbaum’s landmark three-volume Summa Metaphysica series crafted over a twenty-six year period...

In Book #1 of the series, Birnbaum introduces the concepts of Quest for Potential^∞ (Q4P^∞), as well as God of Potential...

According to Birnbaum’s paradigm, Quest for Potential∞ drives Man and God/god and the Cosmos. Potential is the nexus. God of Potential is juxtaposed against Man of Autonomy-Freedom-Potential...

Combining modern and classic, rationalist and mystic themes...

The Summa series reshapes the contours of metaphysics, philosophy, and theology.

NEW JERSEY

pegging-off of Summa I  section 400.20

Updated focus on the 0-point  

EVIL

So, why is there Evil at all?

I form the light, and create darkness;
I make peace, and create evil; I am the Lord,
Who has made all these things.

- Isaiah 45:5

Evil has its source in the good.

- Augustine

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At eternal origins, there was just the 0-point.

At some point
Potential split 0 into -

Positives and Negatives,
Pluses and Minuses,
Matter and anti-Matter,
Good and Evil

To ignite a universe,
one must split 0

And if one splits 0,
there will thus of necessity
be Evil
in the mix

There would apparently
simply be no way
to create or update the universe
with no Evil in it; else that
would have been The Plan.

Do you insist on No Evil?
Then, No universe.

Do you wish a  universe?
Then Evil will
be an actor.

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The concept of the primordial 0 being split into PLUSES and MINUSES has resonance, whether from esoteric ancient strains, through Summa Metaphysica I (1988), and then through contemporary (21^st Century) Quantum Mechanics.

See "IT from BIT" (1990) theoretical physics hypothesis of Princeton’s iconic John Wheeler (1911-2008), and developed via his intellectual heir, MIT's Quantum guru Seth Lloyd. See, in particular, Lloyd's (seminal) Programming the Universe, 2006, Knopf. See in further focus Lloyd's Chapter 3: The Computational Universe (subsection: The Story of the Universe).  

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So, in 2006 Lloyd's quantum mechanics 21st Century physics fortuitously makes an appearance just after Summa Metaphysica II (2005) and Summa Metaphysica I (1988); his work buttress aspects of Potentialsm Theory's metaphysics (theodicy and Eternal Origins components), which, in turn provides philosophical buttress for aspects of the God of Israel handed-down by Moses at Sinai (c.1250 BCE).   

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 more theological texture 

The midrash (Jewish exegesis, parable and lore)
has the (omnipotent) Divine
weeping over Evil

Thus, a Divine not quite "omnipotent"
and not quite
impervious to Evil & suffering 

Tree of Life / Tree of Knowledge

( extracted from Summa I )

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With special homage to timeless thinkers -

A.I. Kook
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Thomas Merton

We hitch a ride on the shoulders of giants,
so we can potentially scan the edge of the horizon
just a touch further out....

And, of course we salute our esteemed guide Guatama Buddha

- Birnbaum

SUPER INTELLECT

"A  commonsense
interpretation of the evidence
suggests a super intellect has
monkeyed with physics
and chemistry as well as 
biology to make life possible."

- Sir Fred Hoyle
noted English
astronomer and physicist
(1915-2001)

HITHERTO

Hitherto, the scientific community has been unable to come up with cogent
theories/explanations for any of the following issues*, among others:

# Eternal Origins

# The landscape pre-Big Bang

# The origin of life

# The essence of life

# The appearance of life on Earth so 'proximate' to Earth's formation

# The Evolution drama

# The purpose of the universe

# The purpose of life

# Quantum Mechanics

# Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Lambda

# The fine-tuned (for life) universe [and the constants thereof]

# The accelerating universe

BUT

It would seem that one Outlier theory
solves all simultaneously 
with - 

one simple concept 
[ Potential drives the universe ]
&
one proposed associated universal formula
[ Q4P^∞ → C+ → E+ ]

*some are overlapping

Birnbaum-Super-Formula

note ~interchangeable terms:

Potentialism Theory = Summa Theory = Birnbaum Theory = Q4P Theory = Quantum Man Theory

Q4P = Infinite quest for Potential = Quest for infinite potential

MY 'TAKE'

Potentialism Theory gives its own 'take' on evolution;
Potentialism rejects Natural Selection/Random mutation
as unscientific and fatally flawed on multiple fronts

To the Readership

I believe that humanity can do better than the sterile, bizarre, nihilstic, and counter-intuitive Randomness formulation - currently foisted across much of academe - as its bedrock working hypothesis.

Per the  Randomness proponents, our entire highly sophisticated and  fully-integrated  universe - ongoing for 14 billion years - is the result of random chance.

Randomness Theory is essentially madcap Alchemy on steroids -  propped-up by a delusional reactionary clique.

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We prefer to deal in the realm of reasoned and serious thought. 

Potentialism Theory (explicated here) is an elegant and powerful formulation; it is rich, multi-faceted, heavily vetted, and bulletproof.

The Cosmic Order and our universe are, indeed, quite fine-tuned. And 21st Century humans - and their associated consciousness - are not accidents of cosmic chance.

D Birnbaum

NY

www.SummaMetaphysica.com

featuring Birnbaum's unified cosmology/metaphysics/philosophy
with centerpiece overarching Infinite 'Quest for Potential' hypothesis

Summa
Macro-View

4-volume Potentialism Theory

a fully - integrated & unified -
metaphysics / cosmology / philosophy / teleology
with incorporated hypotheses re:
theogony and theodicy issues in religious philosophy ////
incorporating - eternal origins / evolution /
human & cosmic purpose / pre- and post- Big Bang cosmic journey /
and Summa IV cosmic morph @ Big Bang

An original, - but grasp-able - 21st Century working hypothesis
via one all-encompassing (snapshot) equation

Extraploating back to eternal origins
(see EternalOrigins.com)
and tracking across time
with cosmic direction
(see Complexification1000.com)
to the cosmic goal
(see Extraordinariation1000.com)

Infinite Quest for Potential (Q4P)
as the common denominator
& the cosmic engine
across time and space
- before and after the Big Bang

seemingly simple, but
powerful, elegant and all-encompassing

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~7,000 years of civilization

through this point
So, let’s take a tour of this
(original and fully-vetted)
new paradigm hypothesis
making all these
sweeping 'simultaneous' claims....

The Eternal Dynamic:

POTENTIAL*
AS ETERNAL

A central proposition of Summa:
“Potential” is the sole “concept/dynamic” which can
safely be posited as having been eternal.

By definition.

Meaning, by definition “Potential” – and only “Potential” –
can be conjectured to have been “eternal.”

Upon careful reflection, the above is self-evident.

For “Potential” vectored-in onto – and crystallized-into –
its own maximal Potential arc.

“Potential” thus achieved traction –
and has never looked back.

– Birnbaum

* Potential / Possibility

The Eternal Dynamic:

POTENTIAL
AS CENTERPIECE

Why does it make sense
to craft a metaphysics
centered around Potential?

To craft a metaphysics, one must commence at eternal origins;
and to commence at eternal origins
one needs an eternal dynamic

A primary goal in any metaphysics is an overarching cosmic dynamic;
and a logical overarching cosmic dynamic would be some
extrapolation of the eternal dynamic

Therefore,
once one has delineated
a truly eternal dynamic,
one can play
in the metaphysics sandbox

– Birnbaum

Classic Issues Aligned

POTENTIALISM THEORY

THE SUMMA METAPHYSICA SERIES

a unified

( consistent, overarching, fully integrated)

conceptual line of attack

metaphysics
cosmology
philosophy

aligning

eternal origins
Life Force
direction/teleology/driver
purpose/meaning
evolutionary theory
universe horizon

via
one Common Denominator
dynamic*

* Q4P → C+ → E+

the two key websites

Issues with the (competing) Randomness formulation

It is clearly dead-wrong
see Direction panel just-above

Internally contradictory?
The same entrenched British Randomness academic clique which fanatically defends its (non-directional) Theory of No Theory - Randomness, simultaneously fanatically defends (directional) Evolution.

alchemy?
Notorious alchemists swore they could turn lead into gold. However that seems like a simple trick compared to contemporary hard-line Randomnist High Priests who profess that their theory turns the random void into our rocking and rolling - for 14 billion years - universe.
Is the Randomness formulation simply the ‘successor theory’ to alchemy?

Second Law of Thermodynamics:
Why does our allegedly random universe not implode from entropy? [hint: because it is driven forward by (competing Potentialism Theory's) Q4P, and not randomly]

combination - The Emperor's Clothes and The Wizard of Oz?
Is the fantastical Randomness formulation not a 1:1 parallel to these just-noted fables of vacuousness?

We are all still waiting for the actual theory:
The hard-line Randomness clique has perfected the dark art of "toxifying" any theorist who dares disagree with their aimless and hollow construct; but, after 150+ years, for their part they have yet to produce an actual theory. [ translation: the Randomness/Aimlessness clique is an intellectual charlatan ]

From the shadows, the Randomnist clique hyper- aggressively mauls 'directional universe' theorists, but never actually seems to present an actual theory. Are we supposed to conflate frenzied attacks with an actual theory? To paraphrase the diss used by Texas cattlemen to characterize big bluster / no substance characters: These Randomness hombres are ALL HAT; NO CATTLE.

defining our universe:
There are many and significant random dimensions to our universe; but, randomness does not define it; rather, (competing Potentialism Theory's) Quest for Potential defines our universe.

'Randomness' Invalidated by Fine-Tuned Universe proposition
Is the universe fine-tuned for life? This proposition has gained increasing prominence and traction.

The proposition reached critical mass in 1999 with the publication of Just Six Numbers by Martin Rees, distinguished British Astronomer Royal. The proposition is directly antithetical to the Randomness proposition; the proposition negates Randomness. Rees went on to become head of the Royal Society.

Randomness may have been frontally challenged prior, including by Summa I, 1988, but Randomness 'is slain' by the 1999 Rees work; and a stake is driven in its heart by Summa II (2005).

'Defaming' is not 'Debating'
Some hard-line Randomness proponents seem confused. 'Defaming opposing theorists' - typically through paid surrogates/hit men - does actually not qualify for 'debating opposing theorists'.

Denial of Negative Reality
The first requirement of a theorist is to deal with reality. The 'denial of negative reality' psychosis can be hazardous to one's legacy. The core tenet of Randomness - non-directionality, has been clearly scientifically demonstrated to be false- on two fronts: Fine-Tuned universe (see Martin Rees, Just Six Numbers (1999) and Direction section from David Birnbaum, Summa Metaphysica II (2005).

Contrary to the first - and only - axiom of Randomness, the universe, is unequivocally directional. See Directional.

'Game Over'?
For over a decade, and on two key different fronts, Randomness is in checkmate. Both Fine-Tuned universe formulation and the empirically demonstrated Complexification C+ / complexity teleology (universe purpose/direction) respectfully frontally render the Randomness formulation of 'no directionality' fatally undermined and disproven. The emperor, indeed, had no clothes.

the Randomness 'Theory of No Theory'
No theory.
No content.
No core work.
No formulation.
No science.
No cosmology.

Basics
The earth is not flat; the sun does not orbit the earth; our universe did not randomly ignite, gain traction, evolve, and steadily iterate towards ever-increasing sophistication and wondrousness ongoing for 14 billion years and counting.

intellectual 'sleight of hand" ?
There is no scientific anchoring whatsoever.
Random universe is simply hocus pocus masquerading as science.

product of an "echo chamber" discussion?
Group Think?

Go along to get along?
Bandwagon syndrome?

more akin to the mantra of a medieval nihilistic cult
- than to a serious academic discussion in 21st Century England

a fanatic - and in-vain - gambit
- to align science with hard-line Atheism (de facto a fundamentalist and militant anti-directional universe belief system).

"Big Brother" modus operandi
No debate; No discussion; No competition of ideas.

Alignments

the informal political line-ups

THE OLD GUARD:
Randomnists / neo-Darwinists* / New Atheists** / Old Eugenicists*** / British Chauvinists

v.

      THE NEW GUARD: 
      ADVOCATES FOR:  Intelligent Design / Directional Universe  / Potentialism 

* debunked by the end of 2019; the centerpiece of the theory -
          Natural Selection / Random Mutation -
    is now in its death-throes

** rumor has it that a cohort of the British contingent  aids, abets and enables toxic gambits ongoing -
    typically via (intimidated) Research Associates - recruited semi-involuntarily
    to undermine and career-sabotage ascendant figures in "The New Guard"

*** see subtitle of Origins of Species (1859):
    "PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE"

("advanced warfare")

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