Cosmology and the Problem of Evil: God and the Second Law.
For decades, a discussion has raged over the explanation of the peculiarity of our universe due to its fine-tuned constants. One explanation is that ours is one of an infinite number of randomly produced universes. Another is that a beginningless ground of nature or God produced our universe. The mo...
| Published in: | Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 1 - 24 |
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