tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post3399958697143500182..comments2024-03-12T12:23:10.033-04:00Comments on Secular Perspectives: Why is there something instead of nothing? Part 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-59697746286998175982012-06-02T21:11:50.659-04:002012-06-02T21:11:50.659-04:00Stenger, along with Dawkins, Coyne, Krauss, and ot...Stenger, along with Dawkins, Coyne, Krauss, and other atheists, have said that a deist god "that does not act in the universe" is not ruled out by the evidence. All say that if the weight of the evidence changed due to the discovery of new evidence then their beliefs would change accordingly. None have claimed that deism is more plausible than atheism.Explicit Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501109533475045969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-71123439143612384532012-05-30T13:15:49.149-04:002012-05-30T13:15:49.149-04:00Stegner actually admits there may be concepts of G...Stegner actually admits there may be concepts of God he could believe. So much for his title's claim. Disproves ancient ideas of God's nature, as current process theologians do? Yawn.<br /><br />As for Hawking's book, it's funny how he says philosophy is dead - then goes on to practice it. ;)Hurricanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03271204930368413857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-77972071329675174042012-03-20T09:10:34.622-04:002012-03-20T09:10:34.622-04:00Yes. Having a celebrity like Hawkins explain thing...Yes. Having a celebrity like Hawkins explain things mathematically may gather some attention, but the message may dim over time.<br /><br /> I agree that having an idea discussed and communicated by multiple sources can be useful. For one thing they may play in different audiences and employ somewhat different contexts that appeal to particular groups.Gary Berg-Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00104267265989624672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-54615719369364282122012-03-19T20:20:01.341-04:002012-03-19T20:20:01.341-04:00Yes, I was considering quoting from other cosmolog...Yes, I was considering quoting from other cosmologists also. The more cosmologists who public ally speak on this topic, the better.Explicit Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501109533475045969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-66876119755478718042012-03-19T09:08:01.959-04:002012-03-19T09:08:01.959-04:00VIctor Stenger already explained the "somethi...VIctor Stenger already explained the "something from nothing" in his book God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist.<br /><br />Stephen Hawking then also explained it in a more mathematically precise way in The Grand Design.<br /><br />Kudos to Kraus, but do we need another?Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395896381241263582noreply@blogger.com