RE: Theists: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism?
March 28, 2017 at 8:01 am
(March 27, 2017 at 9:39 pm)SteveII Wrote:really?! At what point would the universe break apart? Sources?(March 27, 2017 at 9:25 pm)ma5t3r0fpupp3t5 Wrote: If the physical constants were different, life as we know it might not exist. It doesn't follow that life couldn't exist.
Even the assertion that "our universe is life-permitting" is quite misleading. The fact that we haven't observed any life outside of Earth, even with an abundance of Earth-like planets out there, is good evidence that our Universe is barely life-permitting at all (that is to say, almost not life-permitting). Life just managed to precariously evolve on one tiny planet in the Milky Way.
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.
The fragility of life points to fear, and, until you realize the ridiculousness of that fear, it points to religion.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam
