I gave my take on fine tuning in the The Ownership of Science Thread:
The statistical probabiity of fine-tuning depends on assuming that the constants referred to could be other than they are, that if they could be other than they are that they could differ enough to make life impossible, that if they could differ enough to make life impossible, they are independent of each other (that is, raising one by X doesn't mean that another has to be X lower, for instance) AND there are no other possible combinations where life different from what we're familiar with would be possible. That's a lot of ifs without even bringing other universes into it and we don't know the answer to any of them. It's not evidence, it's a thought experiment.
Besides, a universe in which life can exist naturally is the only kind of universe that doesn't require a supernatural explanation for why life exists. An omnipotent being could have us live thrivingly in a vacuum or on the surface of the sun, or without a strong force. What would such a being care for for what's physically possible? Imagine the puzzlement of scientists on the surface of the sun: According to my measurements, we should all be clouds of ionized vapor in this environment!
Edit: Acknowledgements to those who ninja'd me on my points.
The statistical probabiity of fine-tuning depends on assuming that the constants referred to could be other than they are, that if they could be other than they are that they could differ enough to make life impossible, that if they could differ enough to make life impossible, they are independent of each other (that is, raising one by X doesn't mean that another has to be X lower, for instance) AND there are no other possible combinations where life different from what we're familiar with would be possible. That's a lot of ifs without even bringing other universes into it and we don't know the answer to any of them. It's not evidence, it's a thought experiment.
Besides, a universe in which life can exist naturally is the only kind of universe that doesn't require a supernatural explanation for why life exists. An omnipotent being could have us live thrivingly in a vacuum or on the surface of the sun, or without a strong force. What would such a being care for for what's physically possible? Imagine the puzzlement of scientists on the surface of the sun: According to my measurements, we should all be clouds of ionized vapor in this environment!
Edit: Acknowledgements to those who ninja'd me on my points.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
