RE: Theists: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism?
March 28, 2017 at 6:30 am
Of course if universe was different who is to say there would not be other intelligent beings that are different?
Also, there has been traditionally argued that some prior condition A is necessary and sufficient for (the 'cause' of) event B, but quantum physics shows us, with great predictive accuracy, that no particular prior condition is either necessary or sufficient for some physical events such as radioactive decay, the behavior of electrons and photons, and potentially for the appearance of the physical universe itself out of a background of quantum fluctuations.
Like for instance a physicist Victor Stenger once said:
"In the quantum world ... things can simply happen ... I have shown that directional causality, or causal precedence, is in fact a classical, macroscopic concept that does not apply at the fundamental level of elementary particle interactions, where fundamental interactions make no distinction between cause and effect"
Also, there has been traditionally argued that some prior condition A is necessary and sufficient for (the 'cause' of) event B, but quantum physics shows us, with great predictive accuracy, that no particular prior condition is either necessary or sufficient for some physical events such as radioactive decay, the behavior of electrons and photons, and potentially for the appearance of the physical universe itself out of a background of quantum fluctuations.
Like for instance a physicist Victor Stenger once said:
"In the quantum world ... things can simply happen ... I have shown that directional causality, or causal precedence, is in fact a classical, macroscopic concept that does not apply at the fundamental level of elementary particle interactions, where fundamental interactions make no distinction between cause and effect"
