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Fine tuning Intelligent Design Physics The Universe

At Astronomy.com: The universe may be more unstable than you think

So, physics researchers have found more fine-tuning: yet another feature of our universe upon which our entire existence is contingent. When combined with the many other fine-tuned parameters of physics necessary for life to exist, we have growing reason to doubt that “luck” is the explanation.

Intelligent Design Nature of reality Time

Astronomy.com: The struggle to find the origins of time

Astronomy: Time is an elusive concept: We all experience it, and yet, the challenge of defining it has tested philosophers and scientists for millennia.

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Alan Fox OR is the ‘code’ in question even partially determined by physical behaviour and chemical affinities?The genetic code is indeed completely... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
Alan Fox Jerry: ID is based on the fine tuning of the universe so OOL and Evolution are minor things for the... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Alan Fox I should have twigged this has been discussed at The Skeptical Zone. http://theskepticalzone.com/wp/bioelectrics/ – Bioelectric code gains new recognition as...
relatd Jerry at 31, God sees the past, present and future. When Jesus was born, He had this ability but acted... – Skeptic argues free will is real
jerry More specifically, if He tells you something will be the case then it will happen. Whatever our apparent experience of... – Skeptic argues free will is real
relatd JVL at 8. Out to muddy the waters? Code means instructions. For a cell to function, and to reproduce, instructions... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
relatd Seversky at 29, You still think God is a man. Too bad. You think God should just wipe out the... – Skeptic argues free will is real
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JVL Relatd: There is one poster here who denies genetic codes are codes even though the word code is used in... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
kairosfocus PM1, we seem to be in basic agreement. There should be a subroutine or logic constraint about basic logic but... – Joseph Miller: ChatGPT Still Can’t Process...
JVL Querius: The bottom line is that humans don’t live by the scientific method and logic alone. Thankfully! These magisteria cannot... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
Seversky Relatd/23 You insult God? God will not be mocked. God tolerates those who make a mockery of the faith, apparently... – Skeptic argues free will is real
Origenes CR his designer would itself be a complicated entity that itself is well adapted to serve a purpose. The watch... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
Seversky Jerry/22 Western monotheism, by positing a perfect God, one with absolute power, foreknowledge, and moral goodness, has created an insurmountable... – Skeptic argues free will is real
critical rationalist @KF the most relevant part of Paley is in his ch 2, which has been dodged ever since the 1850s.... – L&FP, 66: String -- yes, s-t-r-i-n-g...
relatd "God is dead." - Nietzsche "Nietzsche is dead." - God – Skeptic argues free will is real
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relatd Jery at 5, You mean the Marxist-Atheist-Darwinist Dictatorship? There is one poster here who denies genetic codes are codes even... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
jerry Aside: There is only one truth so correct science and one possible religion will always be in agreement with the... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...