The existence of such finely tuned universal parameters within the universe makes for a strong case of an intelligent design of the universe. Indeed, Collins does support this, by stating that there is a more solidified basis to believe in theism over the atheistic single-universe hypothesis. This suggests that it is near improbable for the existence of fine-tuning under the atheistic single-universe hypothesis that does not support the existence of a higher intelligent being, but is not wholly improbably under theism which supports the existence of a higher intelligent being. It is backed by the prime principal of confirmation, which states that if we are weighing the validity of two hypotheses vying to prove a singular theory or idea, that “an observation counts as evidence in favor of the hypothesis under which the observation has the highest probability [of happening].” Under the prime principal of confirmation, the evidence provided lends more credence to theism over the atheistic single-universe hypothesis because it would be more reasonable and simpler to rationalize fine-tuning to a creator like God who would have the parameters figured out beforehand in the creation of the universe. In addition, a theistic view would help see through the random forces of the universe and give a better understanding of seeing how the improbability of life in the universe is greatly increased with the help of a God not bound to time or the laws of physics.
However, David Hume, succeeds in objecting this argument by claiming that the experience is a necessary factor for understanding the creation of the universe. Lastly, I argued that Paley’s argument was not sufficient for proving God’s existence with the argument by design because we cannot assume the world will comply and work the way we wish
Within William Rowe’s Chapter two of “The Cosmological Argument”, Rowe reconstructs Samuel Clark's Cosmological Argument by making explicit the way in which the Principle of Sufficient Reason, or PSR, operates in the argument as well as providing contradictions of two important criticisms from Rowe’s argument.
The claims of rationality and the so-called scientific approach of the atheists and agnostics have been debunked. In the coming pages we shall see that both in the creation of the universe, in things created within the universe and in the creation of living beings, an intelligently designed process is going on, and we shall demonstrate that the objections of agnostics and skeptics to this assertion are merely delusions.
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Sally Morem’s position is that God (Judeo-Christian) does not exist, and uses three aspects of the question to analyze to help support her stance in the question. The aspects that she uses are the Argument from Design, Argument from Morality, and the Problem of Evil. Morem goes on to summarize the Argument from Design; the universe, and everything within, exhibit too many complex elements of deliberate and thoughtful design that could not have come into being without a creator. For a good design, it needs a Designer who fabricated, planned, and put it into action precisely as it was desired. She states, “Does the universe have a good design? Could we ever tell? Perhaps not, but we do manage to see pattern in the cosmos and nature”. How can we believe that there is a Designer, if what are assumed to be his works cannot be
The cosmological argument is the existence of God, arguing that the possibility of each existing and the domain collected of such elements in this universe. The inquiry is that 'for what reason does anything exist? Why as opposed to nothing? In this paper, I will explain for what reason does everything need cause? Why is God thought to be the principal cause?
Part I: The Edge of Knowledge Chapter 1: Tied Up with Strings This is the introductory section, where the author, Brian Greene, examines the fundamentals of what is currently proven to be true by experimentation in the realm of modern physics. Green goes on to talk more about "The Basic Idea" of string theory. He describes how physicists are aspiring to reach the Theory of Everything, or T.O.E. Some suspect when string theory is completely understood that it might turn out to become the T.O.E.Part II: The Dilemma of Space, Time, and Quanta Chapter 2: Space, Time, and the Eye of the Beholder In the chapter, Greene describes how Albert Einstein solved the paradox about light. In the mid-1800's James Maxwell succeeded in showing that light was actually an electromagnetic wave.
For the purposes of this debate, I take the sign of a poor argument to be that the negation of the premises are more plausible than their affirmations. With that in mind, kohai must demonstrate that the following premises are probably false:
The Main Strengths of the Cosmological Argument There are many strengths within the Cosmological Argument which have proven theories and ways to prove the existence of God. Many of these strengths have come from such scholars as; Copleston, Aquinas and Leibniz, all of which have put together major points to prove the existence of a non-contingent being. One of the main strengths of the Cosmological Argument is from Aquinas way I that was about motion. This would be a posteriori argument because you need to gather evidence from the world around you.
Dr. William Lane Craig supports the idea of existence of God. He gives six major arguments, in order to defend his position. The first argument is quite fare, Craig says that God is the best reason of existence of everything. He gives the idea, that the debates between all the people, cannot reach the compromise, because the best explanation of the reasons of existence of everything is God, and nothing can be explained without taking Him into consideration. The second argument of Craig is from a cosmological point of view: he says that the existence of the universe is the best proof of the existence of God. Because, the process of the creation of the universe is so ideally harmonious, that it seems impossible to appear accidentally. The third argument is about the fine tuning of the universe. The universe is designed in such a way that people always have aim of life, and the life of people and the nature are interconnected. The fourth argument of Dr. Craig is about the morality: God is the best explanation of the existence of the morality and moral values in people’s lives. The...
“A major advantage of the concept of community of practice is… studies that illustrate the emergent nature of communities and the inseparability of language from actual social contexts.” (Ahearn 133) In social situations, we usually do not focus on the language that is spoken. It is only when we look at a transcript and analyze specific words and phrases. In doing this we can see which words and phrases are used by whom. These specific words and phrases that usually associate with a certain community is often exchanged between different communities.
According to Philo Cleanthes’s argument of design does not work because it is a bad comparison. Arguing that the universe is like a machine as imaginative as it may seem, does not work, because it is a comparison of a part of a whole and that is problematic because there is no way to compare a part of something, to that something is part of that something is completely unknown. By saying “observing the growth of a hair, can we learn anything concerning the generation of a man?” in page 24, Philo reveals a fatal weakness in Cleanthes’s comparison. Just like it is impossible to know the generation of a human being by observing how his hair grows, it is impossible to understand the universe in its entirety by understanding how a machine. Philo contends that Cleanthes’s comparison may be too narrow for a universe with so much diversity, in page 25 “When nature has so extremely diversified her manner of operation in this small globe; can we imagine that she incessantly copies herself throughout so immense a
“Agnosticism is the philosophical position that it is impossible to know about the nature or existence of God.” The term was invented in 1869 by Thomas H Huxley from the Greek “agnostos”. So one can define the difference between an Atheist and an Agnostic is simply as the Atheist emphasizes that there is no God, whereas the Agnostic maintains only that he does not know. Agnosticism is not a position one can take like theism or atheism, rather it’s more like an rational process.
“The Grand Design” talks about an extension of the String Theory called the M-Theory and how the theory explains how there a more than one universe existing, all unique, and how they all were created. With this statement it is a good way to reflect on the different religions out there and how these creation stories came to be. With or without a divine intervention to create many numerous universes, did more than one god create these universe, or did one create all of them? There so many explanations that each religion gives us that any could be right about the creation of everything, or they can all be wrong. But people do not pay attention to the “what if not’s” when it comes to this subject, in a world where some much negative is around us; more than positive. Today’s world, humans need something to believe in and that keeps everyone unified. Religion is something that can do that, it gives you an explanation for the negative and all the uncertainties that the world provides us to wonder
Francis Collins heads of the US side of the Human Genome Project, the group that mapped human DNA, he is a firm believer in a personal God, even if evolution occurred. As a matter of fact the more he studied human DNA...