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Search YouTube for “universe fine tuning.” Then come back here in a few years when you’ve gotten through everything. :)


No thanks. Every time I hear the argument brought up, the person putting it forward says it like it is a mic drop moment and they never discuss the counter arguments. It is effective for people who haven't heard the argument before or haven't thought it through.

Here is an example. The charge of an electron is exactly the opposite of the charge of a proton, to within measurement error (like ten digits). This is simply something which has been measured, but physics has no explanation for why they are the same. Getting to the point, what is more likely: that a God created it that way in order to achieve His goals, or that there is some reason connecting the two charges such that they must be of exactly the same magnitude but we just haven't figured it out?

I'm putting my money on the latter. If there is an all-powerful creator, there is no reason to have fine tuning at all -- He could just force the desired behavior and outcome.


Presumably charge is a property of electromagnetic field, so it's expected that they match.


Fine tuning is a pretty broad concept and is mostly orthogonal to religious beliefs.




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