RE: Theists: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism?
March 28, 2017 at 5:34 am
(This post was last modified: March 28, 2017 at 5:34 am by masterofpuppets.)
(March 27, 2017 at 9:39 pm)SteveII Wrote: Well, if any of the physical constants were even a little different, the universe would not hold together let along be able to form any sort of building blocks for alternative life.
Your fragility of life point does more to support the theist who thinks that God created the entire universe for us than it does as an argument against God.
How did you come to know that the universe would "not hold together" if the physical constants were different? Surely a universe with different physical constants would be so different from ours that we are in no position to say that such universes would be void of any complex structure, right?
The problem with the fine-tuning argument is that we only have a sample size of one universe. It involves an awful lot of assumptions to make the claim that the universe couldn't support life (or even have galaxies, stars and planets, or even exist) if the physical constants were different. I will start taking this claim more seriously once someone tells me the conditions under which life can exist.
I would also invite you to elaborate on your point that the fragility of life supports the notion that God created the universe. Why would God want the rest of the universe to be hostile to life?
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