Christopher Hitchens – Uncommon Descent

Atheism Fine tuning Intelligent Design theism

New atheist Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) on fine-tuning of the universe

He found fine-tuning of the universe a reasonable argument against his position. In the meantime, new atheism has become the godlessness that failed.

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