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Quotes from God: The Failed Hypothesis — Victor J. Stenger

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The transition of nothing-to-something is a natural one, not requiring any agent.

God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007)

The fact that we have something is just what we would expect if there is no God.

God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007)

Infinity...is used in physics simply as a shorthand for "a very big number.”

God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007)

[T]he most fundamental laws of physics are not restrictions on the behaviour of matter. Rather, they are restrictions on the way physicists may describe that behaviour.

God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007)

We have yet to encounter an observable astronomical phenomenon that requires a supernatural element to be added to a model in order to describe the event...Observations in cosmology look just as they can be expected to look if there is no God.

God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007)

The God of the gaps argument for God fails when a plausible scientific account for a gap in current knowledge can be given. I do not dispute that the exact nature of the origin of the universe remains a gap in scientific knowledge. But I deny that we are bereft of any conceivable way to account for that origin scientifically.

God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007)

The existence of matter and energy in the universe did not require the violation of energy conservation at the assumed creation. In fact, the data strongly support the hypothesis that no such miracle occurred. If we regard such a miracle as predicted by the creator hypothesis, then the prediction is not confirmed.

God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Victor J. Stenger (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.