Bergson, Evolution, Genesis, And Quantum Physics

Bergson, Evolution, Genesis, and Quantum Physics A Tract Book Essay By Anthony J. Fejfar, B.A., J.D., Esq., Coif © Copyright 2007 by Anthony J. Fejfar For many persons, evolution is seen, following Darwin, as a very gradual process of evolutionary change which is consistent with atheistic materialism. I, on the other hand, following Bergson, argue that evolution involves planned change from outside of space-time, involving God and metaphysics. Bergson, in his work on evolution, argued that evolution could only take place with rapid, complex, changes in biological reality, not with gradual incremental changes. Of course, when you think about it, the idea that people were created by God, in Genesis in the Bible, could be seen as evidence that evolution takes place very rapidly, with causation from outside of space-time by God and metaphysics. The question, is, however, how can we get to this notion of evolution and still stay in the realm of science. My response is that evolution takes place using Quantum Physics and Quantum Change. Recall that Quantum Physics is based upon the scientific idea that the Quantum Field exists outside of space-time. The Quantum Field exists on a subatomic level, but can certainly produce changes on the atomic, molecular, or even biological levels. There is no reason, logically, to think that if you can change the subatomic makeup of an atom, that you cannot change the atom itself. And, if you can change an atom, there is no reason to think that you could not change a molecule. And, if you can change a molecule, there is no reason to think that you could not change a biological cell. Thus, it

is possible that evolutionary meaning on the Quantum level, which very well might involve God, and certainly metaphysics, could produce large and sudden evolutionary changes, even to the extent of producing a whole new species of animal, or even human beings, as if, ex nihilo, out of nothingness, but really out of the Quantum Field. Thus, there really is no contradiction between the idea of theistic evolution, or creation of human beings by God in the Bible, and the notion of scientific evolution, in general.