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Chain 40
From Chains of Reason
There exists a god or multiple gods. [a variation of the Design Argument (Chain 5) based on the Anthropic Principle]
Link 1
- Premise 1
- The universe may or may not be the product of a process which was biased towards creating a universe that would be hospitable to humans and life in general.
- Premise 2
- The possible universes which would be inhospitable to humans, and life in general, vastly outnumber the possible universes which would be hospitable to humans and life in general.
- Conclusion
- It is extremely unlikely that the universe is simultaneously hospitable to humans, and life in general, and the product of a process which was unbiased towards creating such a universe. »
- see also:
- Chain 42: The existence of a universe which is hospitable to humans, and life in general, can be explained without reference to a creation process which was biased towards creating that universe.
Link 2
- Premise 1
- » It is extremely unlikely that the universe is simultaneously hospitable to humans, and life in general, and the product of a process which was unbiased towards creating such a universe.
- Premise 2
- The universe is hospitable to humans and life in general.
- Conclusion
- The universe is the product of a process which was biased towards creating a universe that was hospitable to humans and life in general. »
- see also:
- Chain 41: Even if it is extremely unlikely that two things are simultaneously true, the truth of one of them does not entail that the other is false.
Link 3
- Premise 1
- » The universe is the product of a process which was biased towards creating a universe that was hospitable to humans and life in general.
- Premise 2
- If the universe is the product of a process which was biased towards creating a universe that was hospitable to humans, and life in general, then it must have been designed and created by an intelligent being, or group of intelligent beings, possessing that bias.
- Conclusion
- The universe was designed and created by an intelligent being or group of intelligent beings. »
Link 4
- Premise 1
- » The universe was designed and created by an intelligent being or group of intelligent beings.
- Premise 2
- If the universe was designed and created by an intelligent being or group of intelligent beings, then such a being, or beings, must have independent existence from the universe, and be immensely more intelligent and powerful than humans.
- Conclusion
- The universe was designed and created by a being, or beings, with independent existence from the universe, and immensely more intelligence and power than humans. »
Link 5
- Premise 1
- » The universe was designed and created by a being, or beings, with independent existence from the universe, and immensely more intelligence and power than humans.
- Premise 2
- A being with independent existence from the universe, and immensely more intelligence and power than humans, must be a god.
- see also:
- Chain 47: A being with independent existence from our universe, and immensely more intelligence and power than humans, is not necessarily a god.
- Conclusion
- There exists a god or multiple gods.
- see also:
- Chain 39: The Design Argument does not prove the existence of a unique, all-powerful, all-knowing and all-good god.
- topic: The existence of a god or gods
External links
- Anthropic principle - Wikipedia article
