Respond Podcast Episode 1 - “A Universe Setup for Life”
Presenter: Stuart Gray, @stuhgray
1. We can get to know what God is like by studying nature
2. The Universe is full of evidence it’s not the result of a random unguided process – but set up for life
3. Chance does not have the metaphysical resources to:
- cause life or
- cause our environment which is setup for life. For example:
- Oxygen is a safe, diatomic molecule
- We have just enough for life to exist
4. Our solar system is a perfectly situated habitat for us to do science on planet earth
5. The “coincidences” for life go on and on in nature – surely this requires some sort of explanation
6. Detectives discover the perpetrator indirectly using the evidence they can see
- Our senses allow us to observe the existence of the God thru nature
- Our view of God thru nature is indirect, like the Detective
References for this episode:
St Augustine, De Civitatis Dei, Book XVI
Geraint F. Lewis and Luke A Barnes, A Fortunate Universe Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Darwin’s Corrosive Idea John West at Dallas Science Faith Conference 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWKKVL_Pkf8.
Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards, The Privileged Planet How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery, (Washington: Regnery Publishing, 2004).
Matthew 6:26-27.
