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SUPERPOSITION PRESERVED UNTIL FAITH

Romans 10:9-10 (belief in heart, confession)

Superposition Preserved Until Faith.

Scripture Bridge
Romans 10:9-10 (belief in heart, confession): The theological grounding for this concept.

Connections

Assumes

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Enables

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Objections & Responses
Objection: "Predestination determines the outcome"
"If God knows who will be saved, the superposition is an illusion. The outcome is already determined."
Response

Foreknowledge is not foreordination. God's eternal perspective observes all time simultaneously ([[063_BC6_Infinite-Energy-Source|BC6]]: eternity), but this observation doesn't cause the collapse—the soul's faith-act does. Consider: A movie's ending is "already determined" from outside the movie's timeline, but the characters still make genuine choices within the narrative. Divine omniscience observes from outside the time-axis; superposition is preserved within the time-axis until the faith-moment. The measurement problem in quantum mechanics shows that knowing the statistics doesn't determine individual outcomes.

Objection: "Decoherence destroys superposition quickly"
"Quantum superpositions decohere rapidly. A soul can't maintain superposition for a lifetime."
Response

Moral superposition is not standard quantum superposition subject to environmental decoherence in the same way. The moral Hilbert space H_moral is coupled to the [[011_D2.2_Chi-Field-Properties|χ-field]] ([[010_D2.1_Logos-Field-Definition|Logos field]]), which maintains coherence through divine sustaining ([[010_D2.1_Logos-Field-Definition|D2.1]], [[011_D2.2_Chi-Field-Properties|D2.2]]). The decoherence timescale τ_decohere >> τ_lifetime for the moral state because the χ-field acts as a coherence-preserving bath rather than a decohering environment. Additionally, "superposition" here means moral indeterminacy—the soul hasn't committed to either attractor—not necessarily full quantum coherence in the physical sense.

Objection: "Original sin already determines σ = -1"
"We're born in sin. There's no superposition—everyone starts at σ = -1."
Response

The initial condition is σ = -1 (from sin inheritance, A8.3), but this represents the expectation value, not the eigenstate. A soul in the -1 attractor basin still has quantum fluctuations and can be in superposition between "deep in -1" and "approaching the saddle point." More precisely: the superposition preserved is between "remaining in -1 attractor" and "transitioning toward +1 via grace." Until faith-collapse, both trajectories remain possible. The preservation is of the decision superposition, not the claim that souls start neutral.

Objection: "Faith is a process, not an instant"
"People come to faith gradually. There's no single 'collapse' moment."
Response

The phenomenology of conversion varies, but the mathematical structure requires a transition point. Consider: a physical system in superposition can undergo gradual decoherence OR sudden collapse. Faith may involve gradual approach (increasing coupling to χ-field, preparatory grace) followed by a discrete collapse event (the "decision"). The property [[079_P9.4_Superposition-Preserved-Until-Faith|P9.4]] doesn't require instantaneous conversion; it requires that superposition is preserved UNTIL collapse occurs, whenever that is. The gradual part is approach to the measurement; the discrete part is the eigenvalue selection.

Objection: "This makes salvation uncertain"
"If souls are in superposition, no one knows if they're saved until they die."
Response

Post-collapse certainty is available. Once faith-collapse occurs and Ĝ is applied, the soul is in eigenstate |+1⟩. The superposition is past. [[079_P9.4_Superposition-Preserved-Until-Faith|P9.4]] addresses the PRE-faith state, not the post-faith assurance. Those who have genuinely collapsed to |+1⟩ via faith know their state (1 John 5:13: "that you may know you have eternal life"). The superposition applies to those who haven't yet decided, not to those who have. Assurance is a post-measurement phenomenon.

Physics Layer

Superposition in Quantum Mechanics

Standard QM superposition:

|\psi\rangle = \sum_n c_n |n\rangle, \quad \sum_n |c_n|^2 = 1

The system is in all eigenstates simultaneously until measurement.

Moral superposition analogy:

|\psi_{moral}\rangle = \alpha|+1\rangle + \beta|-1\rangle, \quad |\alpha|^2 + |\beta|^2 = 1

The soul is in both moral orientations simultaneously until faith-measurement.

Mathematical Layer

Formal Statement

Property ([[079_P9.4_Superposition-Preserved-Until-Faith|P9.4]]): Let |ψ_moral(t)⟩ ∈ H_moral be the moral state of a soul at time t. Then:

|\psi_{moral}(t)\rangle = \alpha(t)|+1\rangle + \beta(t)|-1\rangle

with |α(t)|² + |β(t)|² = 1, is preserved under all operations EXCEPT the faith-measurement operator M_faith.

Defeat Conditions

To Falsify This

  1. **Show premature collapse without faith** — Demonstrate that the moral superposition collapses to a definite sign eigenstate without voluntary coupling. This would require finding souls whose moral orientation is determined before any act of will, contradicting both quantum mechanics and free will.
  2. **Prove grace forces collapse** — Show that the availability of grace (Ĝ being offered) automatically collapses the superposition, making faith unnecessary. This would reduce salvation to divine determinism without human participation.
  3. **Demonstrate superposition destruction pre-faith** — Find a mechanism that destroys |α|² + |β|² = 1 normalization before the faith-decision, making the superposition ill-defined. This would require showing decoherence effects that destroy the moral Hilbert space structure.
  4. **Show continuous sign eigenvalues** — Demonstrate that σ takes continuous values between -1 and +1, making "superposition" meaningless (you'd just be somewhere on a spectrum, not in a genuine quantum superposition).
Cross-Domain Mappings
Domain Mapping
Physics Quantum superposition until measurement
Theology Free will preserved until decision
Consciousness Pre-decision indeterminacy
Quantum Wavefunction collapse dynamics
Scripture Romans 10:9-10 (belief in heart, confession)
Evidence Conversion experiences report moment of decision
Information Superposition as undecided information state

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