Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God (Michael Strauss)

Stanford University 2002 - Dr. Michael Strauss on evidence for the existence of God from a scientific viewpoint.

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[MyContext]

This video is not proof of god. It is a god of the gaps argument. The Big Bang-Speaks to the start of what is observed now. All other factors happen to be the case. We don't have a cause of the start this is our point of ignorance, this is also the point of the god insertion. I can't disprove the god notions, not an issue. I do reject any man made god notions. So, if it is a god, it is a new notion of god currently unknown.

[rfvidz]

@MyContext Your comment is not proof for atheism. It is a naturalism of the gaps argument. The Big Bang-Speaks to the start of what is observed now. All other factors happen to be the case. We can know the nature of the cause upon metaphysical grounds. You'd know that if you actually watched video.

[GammaWALLE]

Heaven and Hell are in a dimension unable to be found unless you die. God is like a judge in the court marshall to determine where to go to.

Heaven= Your personal space. Let whatever imagination you have run free!

Hell= Whatever you DON'T want it to be? Try to break the system? You don't get an afterlife.

Makes sense with science because it's tucked away so it cannot interfere with, well, Science.

Oh, and karma has an effect on heaven/hell to--

AW, WHO AM I KIDDING! These debates suck

[skylerrb]

YOU RETARDS YOU CANNOT FIND EVIDENCE OF GOD, YOU CANNOT FIND EVIDENCAE OF HEAVEN OR HELL! YOU CAN'T DO IT! ALL OF THIS "EVIDENCE" WERE FINDING, HOW DO YOU KNOW GOD DIDN'T CREATE IT? YOU WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO FIND THIS EVIDENCE IF GOD DIN'T GIVE YOU A BRAIN.

[gjsterp]

@Gericho49 Geoffrey Burbidge's theory of an oscillating universe does not qualify as a proof of any god, nor have I found any evidence that he thought we had any evidence for a god.

[gjsterp]

@Gericho49 The god that your science proposes is not the one of the NT, but only one of a designer, and a very unconcerned SOB at that. google birth defects and then diseases, and then catastrophes, and show me how your loving designer god plays into all of that.

You've heard of C. Sagan and Neil Degrasse Tyson? What do these men say, and where are ALL the other astronomers defending the idea of god? That is the REAL gap of the god idea.

[Gericho49]

@gjsterp It DOES have an answer. The universe is DESIGNED but u dont like where that conclusion is leading: “Astronomers who do not draw theistic or deistic conclusions are becoming rare, and even the few dissenters hint that the tide is against them." atheist cosmologist Geoffrey Burbidge,

Only a "science of the gaps" in the form of muliple but conflicting multiverse theories has been invented with the sole purpose of trying to refute our law-abiding fine-tuned life-permitting universe

[gjsterp]

@Gericho49 I believe that survey was done in 2009, but the year is not the point.

A more telling factor might be the fields these non-believing scientists work in,

Some fields probably give more evidence not to believe, while other fields do not conflict with some beliefs.

Is the universe expanding or does god suck?

[gjsterp]

@Gericho49 You wrote - 'If so what survival advantage is offered for those capable of asking questions about meaning & destiny or being capable of appreciating beauty in nature, art &music?'

Nome of the things you mention helped man to survive.

It was science, using reason and such things as the germ theory that has improved and added years to our lives. Of course art and music adds to our enjoyment, but religion only creates conflict. Note all the different beliefs that cause strife.

[gjsterp]

@Gericho49 You wrote - 'The question is was it by chance, physical necessity or by design?'

I think it is a question that does not have an answer at this time, and may never have one, so the god of the gaps will be around for a long time to come.

[Gericho49]

The degree to which the constants of physics must match precise criteria is such that even a number of agnostic scientists have concluded that there is some sort of "supernatural plan" or "Agency" behind it. How then can we account for Fine-

Tuning by purely naturalistic processes? Theres only 3 possible explanations to explain fine-tuning

1. Chance 2. Necessity3.Design itself

PCDavies estimates that the fine-tuning is equivalent to shootin a dart into a target 20bill light yrs away