Godel's Proof, which shows that there's a higher logic inaccessable to the human understanding, seems to me to constitute a proof of the existence of the God, in the Jewish or Christian conception of God. I'm not the only person with a scientific bent, to find metaphysical significance in Godel's proof and to say so recently in a public forum. Godel's proof seems iron-clad as regarding that one single, rather significant, datum, regarding the existence of God. But it sheds no light whatever on many other questions that have been the source of religious controversy.
Among those questions unanswered by Godel are the suitability of graven images; but that doesn't mean that a trip to the Oriental Institute, for the purpose of viewing the El artifact and the many other artifacts at the Institute, would be at all wasted. Quite the contrary.
And it's interesting that the name "Godel" is composed of the two syllables "god" and "el." It could be a coincidence. Or perhaps some Chicago linguist could suggest an explanation. Perhaps, "God only knows."
There are probably some typographical mistakes or other questionable aspects of the above essay. Anyone at Chicago wishing to advise me of those is welcome to do so, since that would remind me of happy student days.
Now, although I enjoyed my years at Chicago, that doesn't mean I agree with absolutely everything that goes on there.
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