Apolotetics misusing philosophy?

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If God set things up initially so that he had to then fine tune these arbitrary parameters he made...

And then the best he could then do is a universe which is barely inhabitable by the very beings it was designed for, I'd say he was the worst designer ever. He sabotaged his own design possibilities before even getting to the fine tune section.

Or did someone else set up the first stage?

Also, unlikely clearly doesn't equal impossible, nor does it point to any other explanation explicitly. If things were different, they would be different. No shit, Sherlock.