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Apart from Einstein are there any other 'non-theists' who say that the universe gives the appearance of being designed?
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∙ 14y ago
Anyone who has heard of the Anthropic Principle, for a start.
The universe appears to be tailor made for human life. The question is whether it *was* tailored, or if we exist because that's how the universe happens to be.
For example: if the rules were different, would a being be asking (right now) how come the temperature of 1000 degrees on the planet seems *so perfect* for life: surely, they would argue, this is not a co-incidence. It *must* have been made just so that life could arise.
The word "billions" is also significant. With billions of planets out there, the odds *against* one having the precise criteria for life (as we know it) are pretty low. What about universes? This is the only one we *know* exists. But how many others are there, with different physical rules?
The universe we live in appears to be tailor-made for us. But we wouldn't exist if it didn't. The question is: how likely is it for this universe to exist?
We don't know how universes come into existence, so it's not a question we can answer at this time.
But it's worth bearing in mind that "we don't know" is not the same thing as "goddidit". Anyone who takes the latter stance should provide evidence to support their view. Despite a couple of thousand years of research, nobody has yet provided a single convincing argument for god(s).
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 8y agoYes. For example, theoretical physicist and popular science writer Paul Davies (whose early writings were not especially sympathetic to theism) states concerning the fundamental structure of the universe, "the impression of design is overwhelming" (Davies, 1988, p. 203). See also:
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he didn't
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Einstein invented nothing. He wrote theories as to how the universe works.
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