What is the philosophical significance of chaos theory to science and religion?
Chaos theory is based on the premise that there is no defined order in the universe. The universe reacts rather than is influenced by any order. Undefined order is not chaotic, it is simply undefined. This theory has profound implications for religion as it means there is no God to order the structure. Thus there is not purpose to the structure. From this we get a relative morality. What ever is expedient is ethical. There are no moral absolutes. With Science we have a series of laws, which are based on order. The Laws of Thermodynamics are prime in this regard. This aspect is examined in the work Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5). Objections to Chaos theory are found in the work of Scientists like Hawking and Penrose. The Philosophy of Causation is also concerned with these aspects. Causation is Singularist as is shown from Creation ibid. Thus it is not supervenient and certainly not chaotic. The decay of K Mesons would indicate that this is
