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cosmology

Does the Copernican Principle favor atheism?

April 5, 2014 by Randal

The other day I linked folks back to an article I wrote three years ago titled “You’re not special because the universe is really, really big.” This resulted in Jeff Lowder taking note of this humble, old article and offering a comment. (As an aside, the article is tickled pink to be receiving all this attention […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, Carl Sagan, cosmology, Jeffery Jay Lowder, metaphysics, naturalism, universe

Do you really believe the universe’s origin was uncaused, or were you just speculating?

October 4, 2012 by Randal

In my previous article “Komolgorov Complexity…” I presented one atheist scenario to explain the origin of the universe: Atheist scenario: A universe exists as a result of springing into existence uncaused out of nothing. This really bothered Adam Hazzard. At first he accused me of presenting this as the atheist position, which I didn’t. I […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: agent cause, atheism, cosmology, event cause, origin, theism, universe

God, atheism, and the de-centered universe

July 3, 2011 by Randal

My post on Neil deGrasse Tyson laid the foundations for an “argument from cosmic indifference” that I will be considering closely in the week (or weeks) to come. It is a powerful argument (rhetorically if not logically) though it is rarely put into formal terms. I am going to evaluate it closely. But first I […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: astronomy, atheism, cosmology, God, theism, universe

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