The Fine-Tuning Design Argument for God¡¯s Existence
Title: The Fine-Tuning Design Argument for God¡¯s Existence
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 812 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Fine-Tuning Design Argument for God¡¯s Existence
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 812 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The laws and constants of nature are so "finely-tuned," and so many "coincidences" have occurred to allow for the possibility of life, the universe must have come into existence through intentional planning and intelligence. In fact, this "fine-tuning" is so pronounced, and the "coincidences" are so numerous, many scientists have come to espouse "The Anthropic Principle," which contends that the universe was brought into existence intentionally for the sake of producing mankind. Even those who
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However, all these points have often been misunderstood and, at least when it comes to stating what words mean, errors regularly repeated can cease to be errors. Everything is thrust into confusion when people say that belief in God is supported by the anthropic principle, meaning simply that they believe in fine tuning and think God can explain it. As enunciated by Carter, the anthropic principle does not so much as mention fine-tuning.
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