Sansbury, Timothy. "The False Promise of Quantum Mechanics." Zygon 42, no. 1 (March 2007): 111-121.
Abstract
The causal indeterminacy suggested
by quantum
mechanics has led to its being the centerpiece of several proposals for
divine action that does not contradict natural laws. However, even if
the theoretical concerns about the reality of causal indeterminacy are
ignored, quantum-level divine action fails to resolve the problem of
ongoing, responsive divine activity. This is because most quantum-level
actions require a significant period of time in order to reach
macroscopic levels whether via chaotic amplification or complete divine
control of quantum events. Therefore, quantum-level divine action
either requires divine foreknowledge of purportedly free or random
events or imposes such limitations on divine actions that they become
late, potentially impotent, and confused. I argue that the theological
problem of divine action remains; even at its most promising, quantum
mechanics offers insufficient resolution. This failure suggests a
reexamination of the assumptions that God is temporal and lacks
foreknowledge of future contingencies.