Does a Delayed Origin for Biological Life Count as Evidence Against the Existence of God?
Many theists have argued that contemporary physics provides evidence for the existence of God, insofar as the fundamental laws of nature display evidence of having been fine-tuned to allow for the emergence of biological life. (See, e.g., the works of Stephen Barr, Robin Collins, Paul Davies, John L...
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Sophia
Year: 2017, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 649-669 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CF Christianity and Science NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation |
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B Theism B Atheism B Life B Biology B Natural Theology B Fine-tuning B God |
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