Re: Victor J Stenger's book on GOD

From: Russell Standish <lists.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:47:52 +1000

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:37:24AM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote:
>
> Should I write a reply book, I could entitled it: "The Physical
> Universe, the Failed Hypothesis" with the subtitle "How Science shows
> the Physical Universe does not exist".
>
> Of course Stenger's goal was not to present an argument in favor of
> the existence of the Physical Universe. His goal was to present
> evidence that IF such a universe exists THEN there is no evidence that
> it has been created by a GOD, and I believe Stenger is mainly right on
> this account.
>
> Too bad I don't believe in "Stenger's God" (the physical universe). In
> that sense I am much more "atheist" than him.
>

Of course Stenger is fairly profoundly nonplatonist in his views. I
doubt he would accept COMP, for instance.

Cheers

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