As a “proof,” the Fine-Tuning Argument is nonetheless rationally
avoidable. However, as a clue, Fine-Tuning
has force, it is reasonable. The odds against life in the universe are simply
astonishing and thus serves as a clue to there being a creator. It is an explanation that makes sense of our
existence. It makes at least as much sense as “it just happened” when science concludes
that the probabilities of that "happening" are far less than zero.
To bring this point home, consider two analogies.
Picture going into the Tamarack casino and stopping by the
poker table. While hanging out there, you witness a man deal twenty straight
hands of poker and then go on to win each hand, each time with four aces. It is
technically possible that the man just happened to deal himself twenty straight
hands of four aces. Though you could not
prove he had cheated, it would be unreasonable to conclude that he hadn’t.
Now imagine a man sentenced to be executed by a firing squad
of fifty expert marksmen. They all fire
from six feet away. Yet not one bullet hits him. Since it is possible that even an expert could
miss from close range it is technically possible that all fifty just happened to
miss at the same moment. Though you could not prove they had conspired to miss, it
would be unreasonable to draw the
conclusion that they hadn’t.
With the odds against the universe just “happening” and
the odds against an earth bringing forth beings like us, it is similarly unreasonable to conclude that all of
this is mere happenstance.
Next time: Clues to a Creator. In Christ…
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