This was great. What irony that a speculative multiverse is treated as simpler than a personal Creator, even though it is arguably the more metaphysically expensive claim.
When this subject arises, I always refer to this outstanding visual you've pinned on your X page. One picture says a thousand words—or, just a few mighty ones: "Let there be Man."
Looking forward to viewing THE STORY OF EVERYTHING—worthy of a Facebook share on my timeline (not that you would know, since you're not there ;-) How about a separate posting about this, so I can also repost?
I’ll have to check out this Documentary. Amazon just posted Craig’s final volume of his Systematic Philosophical Theology for preorder. Can’t wait for this and the movie :)
Your piece reminds me of my journey. When I was going through the transition from apathetic agnostic (I didn't know and I didn't care) to Christian, I was staring at a T-Rex skeleton wondering at the similarities between my skeleton and hers (it was a replica of Susie). There are vastly too many shared features just in the bones. Add in organs and it gets technically crazier. So as I'm pondering why she had two bones in her forearm, the same as me, I had only two conclusions. Either evolution is true and one thing spurred from another, or creation is true and a brilliant creator used similar platforms because they work. The latter is seen in how cars and trucks are all basically the same. A radical shift in design would require a radical shift in environment. So the creator would have used a similar framing for vertebrates because it's smarter than reinventing the wheel every time. (I can now also believe evolution is possible but only if it was designed to work - not sure I've seen good evidence for it yet though.)
Also, Angel Studios just released 'Universe Designed'. It features all my favorite scientists and Christian Apologists. It can be rented.
This was great. What irony that a speculative multiverse is treated as simpler than a personal Creator, even though it is arguably the more metaphysically expensive claim.
When this subject arises, I always refer to this outstanding visual you've pinned on your X page. One picture says a thousand words—or, just a few mighty ones: "Let there be Man."
https://x.com/sarahsalviander/status/776068700906500100
Looking forward to viewing THE STORY OF EVERYTHING—worthy of a Facebook share on my timeline (not that you would know, since you're not there ;-) How about a separate posting about this, so I can also repost?
Oh, thanks for posting this. Awesome visual.
I’ll have to check out this Documentary. Amazon just posted Craig’s final volume of his Systematic Philosophical Theology for preorder. Can’t wait for this and the movie :)
Yes, for faith-filled people like us, the God factor is a non-starter for those atheist apologists.
However, those 'dials' also use a frequency that involves incredible pain, suffering, the entropic
death of said universe, not to mention 'damned souls'. This is what sticks in their craws and
for all science can rationalize, the gulf between what is and what should be remains valid.
Your piece reminds me of my journey. When I was going through the transition from apathetic agnostic (I didn't know and I didn't care) to Christian, I was staring at a T-Rex skeleton wondering at the similarities between my skeleton and hers (it was a replica of Susie). There are vastly too many shared features just in the bones. Add in organs and it gets technically crazier. So as I'm pondering why she had two bones in her forearm, the same as me, I had only two conclusions. Either evolution is true and one thing spurred from another, or creation is true and a brilliant creator used similar platforms because they work. The latter is seen in how cars and trucks are all basically the same. A radical shift in design would require a radical shift in environment. So the creator would have used a similar framing for vertebrates because it's smarter than reinventing the wheel every time. (I can now also believe evolution is possible but only if it was designed to work - not sure I've seen good evidence for it yet though.)