How to decide is there a deity (Introduction)

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Friday, January 09, 2009, 08:50 (5604 days ago) @ Mark

I doubt of the ASA will be able to rule that "God Probably Exists"! The question is a bit beyond their remit. - If the universe, and universes in general, appeared from a state of nothing (as Stenger and other physicists suggest) then it is unlikely that the constants of physics could vary much, since they all start from the same initial conditions. The symmetry breaking process results in a balance being maintained between the different factors (e.g. matter and antimatter, gravity and antigravity), which must limit the values the constants can take. - The anthropic principle is that life exists therefore the constants must be such as to allow life to evolve. But in fact the universe is very hostile to life. It certainly has not been designed for life to proliferate everywhere.

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GPJ