"There is reason to believe a God exists"

Because I never disagreed with my opponent on who has the burden of proof I will ignore this first statement on the matter. My opponent brings up the issue of the applicability of Science to the existence of God. I addressed this the way I did because I had already stated that there is no "scientific evidence" for God but my opponent decided to bring this up again as if he was making an argument and so just to put it out there I addressed it like he was saying there is no evidence from science, Therefore, Do not believe. My apologies though if I made a fallacy. Onto a defence of the Cosmic Consciousness Argument. P1. I did say it was an assumption and here is why I said it. We have evidence in Physics that matter "acts" differently when we observe it or in the physics, Term makes a measurement. Measurements are made human observers. In other words, Nothing is "certain" unless a conscious being makes a measurement and thus without consciousness, You technically can't have existence and thus consciousness is fundamental (Schr"dinger cat in a box experiment). Now the physicist Eugene Wigner took this a step further and said that you being consciousness cannot confirm your existence and so you need another conscious being to do that and so a chain is started that goes unto you reach cosmic consciousness. A Consciousness which is ethereal that envelopes the universe and which looks at us and can confirm the state of our finite existence. This is why I made the assumption. Indeed our brain is needed for us to be conscious in this world but that does not mean that in of itself it can be reduced to smaller parts. Therefore P1 is still sound. Okay. So my opponent goes on a rant describing the Holographic principle in layman's language which is okay but he says there is no evidence that the theory is true. Now I don't know what year my opponent's sources were made but empirical evidence for the holographic principle came into light in 2017. So what the study did is that it tested the principle against cosmological observations of the early universe and found that the principle is compatible with data found in the cosmic microwave background radiation. By looking at irregularities in the background radiation a team of scientists found the following: -Simple equations of quantum field theory could explain almost all cosmological observations. -Is marginally a better fit than the standard model (where the QFT becomes nonperturbative) -Can potentially explain apparent anomalies This means that evidence found in the cosmic microwave background radiation infers 3D reality is an emergent informational construct. Observable evidence infers reality, As we experience it, Is not fundamental but emerges from the Quantum Realm. If that is not enough a study also published in 2017 found that Quantum entanglement an evitable feature of reality. Quantum entanglement happens when two particles interact in a way that their quantum state or wave function cannot be described independently without the other (Joint Superposition). However, If you separate the particles by a great distance a change to one instantly affects that other. This was demonstrated in several experiments in 1982. The Entanglement study saying "We show that any theory with a classical limit must contain entangled states, Thus establishing entanglement as an inevitable feature of any theory superseding classical theory. " Simply put any theory which tries to describe reality must have within itself Quantum Entanglement. You see the information between the two particles engaging in Joint Superposition does not change no matter the distance between the two particles which means that space-time is not fundamental for the underlying world of quantum mechanics. Space is just an illusion that particles are separated not a fundamental in reality. Add Einstein's theories of General and Special Relativity which show that Space and Time are one and thus if Space is not fundamental neither is time this was empirically supported from in an experiment in 2013 which uses the Wheeler -DeWitt equation to calculate the wave function of universe noted that the time factor was dropped out and thus time is also emergent from the quantum realm and is simply an emergent illusion we experience in the classical world. Furthermore, A 2015 study shows that the wavefunction should directly correspond to this reality. In other words, The wavefunction is a part of nature and is not just a mathematical tool used which represents our lack of knowledge of the system. The study shows that the wavefunction which is a mathematical probability of multiple possible states in Hibert space does correspond with the fundamental nature of reality. Space-Time is nothing more than a mental construct emerging from the wavefunction in Hilbert space. You see what we think is objectively real is nothing more than emergent constructs of underlying mathematical informational processes. Further confirmation of this was found in 2007 by Brian Whitworth who examined specific features of our universe compared to a virtual world and found that 11 key features are better explained in a virtual reality than an objective one with fundamental space-time. Features such as maximum speed, The big bang, Quantum transition and wavefunction collapse. So how does this relate to a fundamental consciousness? The same mathematical underlying found in the wave function is parallel in mental thought processes. Quantum Superposition is vaguely similar to how we operate mentally. For example, We often hold conflating positions before making a decision in the same way a wavefunction holds multiple states before final collapse into a definite outcome. We can bounce around different ideas in our head similarly to quantum tunnelling. Physicist Diederik Aerts in 2009 published a study which he states are cognitive processes can be "readily modelled using the mathematical formalism of Quantum Mechanics". Our mental processes can be modelled on what we described as Hibert space in quantum processes. The same processes from which Space-Time emerges. A number of papers further support this which has been called Quantum Mind Theory. Some papers argue that information processing exists in brain microtubules and tubulin protein molecules self-assemble via quantum tunnelling. We even have evidence that suggests that Quantum vibrations come from microtubules. It appears that microtubules are fundamental information processing devices in Biology. More and more evidence keeps coming up saying that there are Quantum processes in the Brain. Aligning with Quantum Cognition which states that the inner mind should be modelled with the properties of Quantum Mechanics. Just like Space-Time arises from the wave function in Hilbert space the same way our experience of reality arises from the mind. So what does all the evidence lead to? It leads to the personal source I talked about in the CCA. Space-Time emerges from a shared inter mental world governed by a universal mind, The physical universe we experience is emergent from a necessary mind as defined in the ontological argument as for where materialism and realism break down, Idealism rises up. Matter is not fundamental and the mind emergent but the other way around. The Philosophy of Mind and the Quantum Physics and Biology have spoken and given all the data we just discussed Space-Time is emergent from consciousness. We are not the accidents of the blind workings of matter but instead matter is the product of the mind. The Finite mind comes from a Sentient necessary mind. P1 and P2 of the CCA are saved and given a greater defence. Here is my Conclusion. I have presented three arguments for the existence of a Sentient necessary mind with my greatest being the Cosmic Consciousness Argument (CCA). I have shown why Consciousness is fundamental, Why objective morality exists and why that is based in a sentient necessary mind and how that all leads to a fulfilment of my opponent's two challenges. The first to give a reason as to why one should believe in the existence of a God and second why that God is a sentient necessary mind. My opponent's accusations that I misunderstand modern physics is misleading and an Ad hominem attack I thank my opponent for this debate and wish them well as they give the final word. Thank you and God bless. Sources: https://aip. Scitation. Org. . . http://iopscience. Iop. Org. . . https://www. Ncbi. Nlm. Nih. Gov. . . https://www. Ncbi. Nlm. Nih. Gov. . . https://www. Nature. Com. . . https://www. Sciencedirect. Com. . . https://www. Sciencedirect. Com. . . https://arxiv. Org. . . https://www. Nature. Com. . . https://arxiv. Org. . . https://journals. Aps. Org. . . https://journals. Aps. Org. . . https://journals. Aps. Org. . .