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Question of the week:<\/strong> How do you respond to the argument against fine-tuning as evidence for God by those who say the universe and its laws of physics are the way they are because that’s the only way they could be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My answer: <\/strong>As I have documented in my books, The Creator and the Cosmos<\/a>, <\/em>4th edition, Improbable Planet<\/a><\/em>, and Designed to the Core<\/a><\/em>, there are hundreds of independent features of the universe, its laws of physics, and its space-time dimensions that must be exquisitely fine-tuned to make the existence of humans, or their equivalent, possible in the universe. However, that pervasive fine-tuning is not the only way the universe and the laws of physics could be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a biblical perspective, the angelic realm has different dimensions and different laws of physics. Similarly, the future home of Christians, the new creation (see Revelation 21\u201322<\/a>) has different dimensions and different laws of physics. Readers can see our book, Lights in the Sky and Little Green Men<\/a><\/em>, for the scientific physical evidence for angels and the angelic realm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I explain in my books on fine-tuning, the universe can be fine-tuned in a different way to allow for the existence of certain kinds of bacteria but not allow for the existence of animals and humans. I also show how the laws of physics can remain unchanged but the universe structured so that no physical life is possible anywhere, anytime in the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I demonstrate in Designed to the Core<\/em>, it is not just the laws of physics and the universe as a whole that are fine-tuned to make the existence of humans possible. All the universe\u2019s subcomponents, from those on the largest size scales to those on the smallest size scales must be fine-tuned for humans to possibly exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike the universe, the observed sample size of the universe\u2019s subcomponents is not one. For example, there are a trillion trillion stars in the observable universe. So far, however, astronomers have detected only one star, our Sun, that possesses the fine-tuned history and features that make it possible for the existence of humans on a planet orbiting it. The Sun is not the only way stars can be. The same argument can be made for our Laniakea Supergalaxy Cluster, our Virgo Cluster of galaxies, our Local Group of galaxies, our Milky Way Galaxy, our local spiral arm, our Local Bubble, our planetary system, our planet, and our moon. The fine-tuning of the universe and all its subcomponents also vary according to the intended purposes for humans. As I show in Why the Universe Is the Way It Is<\/a><\/em>, Improbable Planet<\/em>, and Designed to the Core<\/em>, the fine-tuning that allows billions of humans on one planet to be redeemed from their sin and evil within a time span of several tens of thousands of years is orders of magnitude more constrained than the fine-tuning that allows for the existence of a tiny population of technology-free humans with lifespans briefer than 30 years.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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