fine tuning
Lately I’ve been having a lot of discussions with atheists about the subject, and a recurring argument they make is “How can you claim that the universe is tuned for life when, for the most part, there is no life at all?/The sun gives us cancer, what’s tuned for life in that?”
I assume the mistake stems from a misunderstanding of what it means to be adapted to life, but so far I have not found an answer that will convince them. Can the Rabbi point me in the right direction? I hope you are not asking this question too much.
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- God wanted the world to develop and be governed by a rigid and fixed system of laws. This is a clear assumption and it is also possible to understand the rationale behind it (it is very difficult for us to get along in a world that does not operate according to laws. We would not know what to expect and how to behave in various situations). Once we have accepted this, the burden of proof is on the challenger: prove that there is a more efficient rigid and fixed system of laws – that is, one that will give all the desired results (living creatures and the structure of the world) without the bad effects (degradation, diseases, disasters, etc.). As long as you have not shown that such a system exists, you cannot make it difficult why God, if He exists, did not create a world with a better system that is more suitable for life. It is like asking why He did not create triangles with a sum of angles of more than 180 degrees. This is the triangle and anything with more degrees simply would not be a triangle.
- You cannot know what importance the fallout has, and the parts of the universe that are not related to life. It is quite possible that they also have a role, either for us or another role (for God). Therefore, the assertion that they are unnecessary is unfounded.
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