This fascinating article from the Gospel Coalition by Joe
Carter explains how the non-existence of vampires reveals the existence of
God. He explains how a little math and
physics, as demonstrated in Cinema Fiction vs Physics Reality: Ghosts, Vampires and Zombies by Costas J. Efthimiou and Sohang Gandhi, illuminates the fact that
if such creatures existed, humanity would be quickly decimated. In fact, a vampire apocalypse in the 17th
century would last a mere 2.5 years.
Efthimiou and Gandhi “conclude
that vampires cannot exist, since their existence contradicts the existence of
human beings. Incidentally, the logical
proof that we just presented is of a type known as reduction ad absurdum, that
is, reduction to the absurd. Another philosophical
principle related to our argument is the truism given the elaborate title, the
anthropic principle. This states that if
something is necessary for human existence, then it must be true since we do
exist. In the present case, the
nonexistence of vampires is necessary for human existence.”
Joe goes on to explain what he calls the V-class principle,
the necessity that V-class objects, like vampires, do not exist if humans
exist. He then combines the V-class principle
with multiverse theory stating that “[any] universe created by the multiverse
generator would need to include both (a) the positive conditions necessary for
life (i.e., the fine-tuned laws of nature) and (b) the negative conditions
necessary for human existence (i.e., the absence of V-class objects). This in turn reduces the chance hypothesis to
a virtual impossibility, demonstrating evidence in support of the conclusion
that God exists.
What do you think?
Don’t take my word for it, read the article, don’t wait
for the movie.
Have a little hope on me, Roger
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