RE: Dear Resident Theists
August 20, 2015 at 8:41 am
(This post was last modified: August 20, 2015 at 8:41 am by Kingpin.)
(August 20, 2015 at 8:32 am)Napoléon Wrote:(August 20, 2015 at 8:11 am)lkingpinl Wrote: I will get in to the fine tuning in a little bit, but I'm sure you are aware that leading scientists, including Professor Hawking, talk about the appearance of precision, design and fine-tuning with the cosmological constant and so on.
Are you really trying to appeal to Stephen Hawking's authority here? As though he supports your assertion about fine-tuning, or in any way even vaguely suggests that the universe was 'designed'? His works, and many of his musings, repeatedly talk about how no god is required and go against completely your own assertions. The conclusions you make from the universe are poles apart from his. Just read any of his books.
Yes, I'm perfectly aware of what scientists like Stephen Hawking say on the topic of the universe being designed, doesn't appear that you are however. It's very disingenuous to namedrop someone like Hawking as though he would in any way endorse your own views.
Not at all Napoleon. I'm quite aware that Hawking's conclusion and my own are polar opposites. I merely mentioned that even scientific leaders such as Hawking lend credence to the immense design and, precision and fine-tuning of the universe. He reaches a different conclusion than I do.
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