tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post6475242946418337404..comments2024-01-04T11:40:48.827-06:00Comments on Dr Michael G Strauss: Is Fine-Tuning a Fallacy?Michael G Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580842374977938870noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-90859088994098850842019-08-25T00:23:02.862-05:002019-08-25T00:23:02.862-05:00To simulate the fine-tuning of 6 constants of natu...To simulate the fine-tuning of 6 constants of nature check out UFTmachine.com (non-commercial, PC or Mac, no tablets). The simulator focuses on the what of fine-tuning not the why.ALKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12481830124869723971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-30014705542019977632017-09-26T13:59:08.267-05:002017-09-26T13:59:08.267-05:00Mate I never said anything remotely resembling suc...Mate I never said anything remotely resembling such. I tend to be robust in my arguments in agreement with the tenets of Aritotelian methods...true rhetoric vs sophistry is perhaps the measure of successful debate. If a whimpering sentence of victimhood is your idea of substance then by all me as move along...Godspeed. Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219283160015859565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-32846031844630728072017-09-26T13:19:39.984-05:002017-09-26T13:19:39.984-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08761582051547496633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-3186861451207948882017-09-26T13:10:42.243-05:002017-09-26T13:10:42.243-05:00Nate Non sequitur meter is pegged. However the top...Nate Non sequitur meter is pegged. However the topic being how improbable is the universe we live in unless the Creator designed the substructure, laws. so uniquely that when taken in sum the hundred or more independent design parameters all fit together and each operates in infintesimally small ranges. The Hebrew language of the OT WAS A QUITE limited vocabulary and it's creative description conforms quite nicely with a true beginning. Beethoven isn't mentioned either but God loved and inspired the Psalms. <br />Try Hebrews 11:1-3 it's in the NT right after Philemon. Moreover faith and evidence are linked by observation and experience. Scientists and particularly physicists believe that what mathmatics predicts will be observed in the laboratory directly or indirectly and validate the mathematics.<br />Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219283160015859565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-36106378872429116152017-09-26T08:11:15.335-05:002017-09-26T08:11:15.335-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08761582051547496633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-6522570175815238372017-09-25T17:49:22.821-05:002017-09-25T17:49:22.821-05:00Mike I enjoy the late Dr. Feynman's lectures b...Mike I enjoy the late Dr. Feynman's lectures because he's funny and super brilliant.<br /><br />n one he discussed the apparent fact that unless Carbon 12 had a very specific energy band 7.82 million volts there would never have been any large number of elements in the table or universe. Turns out there is such a band and so three helium atoms could fit , stay etc....now that's fine tuning. Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219283160015859565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-58428906212407016582017-08-03T14:36:48.927-05:002017-08-03T14:36:48.927-05:00Gary, I think you should start looking at the evid...Gary, I think you should start looking at the evidence of what Jesus has done. The evidence for his death, burial and resurrection is substantial enough. Everyone I am aware of who sought to examine it honestly has come to the conclusion of the reality that Jesus must have risen from the dead. tjsfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652831364476423568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-79622044241490547562017-08-03T14:24:27.244-05:002017-08-03T14:24:27.244-05:00May I add Gary, that if God is to deal with all th...May I add Gary, that if God is to deal with all the evil and suffering in this world, who should he start with? Will it be you or me? Who first?tjsfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652831364476423568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-5918267412358642702017-07-19T13:44:53.803-05:002017-07-19T13:44:53.803-05:00There will always be uncertainty on these large qu...There will always be uncertainty on these large questions, we can never know enough to make 100%, for sure, decisions about the existence of God. But that shouldn't stop us, there's hardly nothing in our human knowledge and experience that's 100% yet we make decisions and form opinions regardless. So why not do the same when it comes to the biggest question in our life of who we are and what's the meaning of life? And since the notion of God is a suprem intelligent and loving Being ,try to connect to Him as a person. A simple prayer with open heart disposition for God to reveal Himself to you could far more powerful than anything else. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115503487683712867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-46615282569035964342017-07-19T07:25:50.601-05:002017-07-19T07:25:50.601-05:00I'm sure you can find a good Christian respons...I'm sure you can find a good Christian response to the problem of evil and suffering on the internet. The short answer, of course, is that God gave humans the ability to make choices and that human choices are the primary reason for evil and suffering. I think the facts back that up. For instance, there is enough food to feed the whole world, but human greed and power struggles cause many to starve. You make the logical fallacy of believing that because God has not destroyed evil yet, he is indifferent. That is not true. He has, and will, ultimately take care of the problem of evil and suffering. What other world-view says that God cares so much about human suffering and evil that he paid an insurmountable debt? Come on, Gary. You are just throwing out questions that you know the Christian answer to. You may not accept that answer, but your posturing doesn't advance the dialogue.Michael G Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11580842374977938870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-29925547204583397252017-07-06T16:49:36.036-05:002017-07-06T16:49:36.036-05:00Last I checked, one of the most, if not the most b...Last I checked, one of the most, if not the most brilliant scientist on the planet, Stephen Hawking, doesn't believe that Fine Tuning is necessarily proof of a Creator. It might be, but the "jury is still out"<br /><br />http://www.johnpiippo.com/2010/09/stephen-hawkings-new-book-attacks-fine.html<br /><br />Why don't we wait until more evidence is gathered before we make a judgment on this issue. That is why I refer to myself as an "agnostic", not an atheist. There is not sufficient evidence to know for certain if there is a Creator or not.<br /><br />But the real question for you, Michael, is whether or not there is good evidence for your ancient Hebrew god, Yahweh. Assuming that evidence for a Creator is automatically evidence for Yahweh is an error in logical thinking.<br /><br />To me, the evidence suggests that if there is a Creator God (or Gods), which there very well may be, he (she, they, or it) prefers not to be identified and is indifferent (or enjoys?) suffering. This is but one issue which I believe demonstrates that Yahweh/Jesus cannot be the Creator.<br /><br />Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519721717265344702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-25872549094615831332017-07-04T01:46:55.609-05:002017-07-04T01:46:55.609-05:00I learned that the mass difference is not really a...I learned that the mass difference is not really an inherent mass difference but results from the electroweak force. Fine tuning is like pushing on a water balloon-it keeps popping up. I have seen Stenger at CU. He is one angry guy.Died over a year ago.<br /> Paul and Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228527115928833050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-23269186590688990032017-07-02T22:32:35.165-05:002017-07-02T22:32:35.165-05:00Excellent review. I wouldn't be able to decode...Excellent review. I wouldn't be able to decode the technical aspects.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17981044547235028378noreply@blogger.com