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Our modern biblical canon’s New Testament is filled with writings attributed to and written by him. The Argument from DesignPaul Copan: “Given the commonly recognized and scientifically supported belief that the universe (all matter, energy, space, time) began to exist a finite time ago and that the universe is remarkably finely tuned for life, does this not (strongly) suggest that the universe is ontologically haunted and that this fact should require further exploration, given the metaphysically staggering implications?“And, second, granted that the major objection to belief in God is the problem of evil, does the concept of evil itself not suggest a standard of goodness or a design plan from which things deviate, so that if things ought to be a certain way (rather than just happening to be the way they are in nature), don’t such ‘injustices’ or ‘evils’ seem to suggest a moral/design plan independent of nature?”Let’s ignore the argument from fine tuning, that’s puddle thinking and has been given a thorough going over by people with far better math skills than I [16][17][18][19]. I’m sure the author of the question has specific problems with abiogenesis, but it makes you wonder why he doesn’t just argue those instead of asking something with such an obvious reply. There’s scientific speculation that the universe may well be infinite (only one specific reading of the second law says otherwise), that because all elements move from a less stable to more stable states existence is more stable than non-existence, the possibility of the big crunch, multiverse theory, quantum level creations of matter, and so many others. The most reasonable alternative of all these options however, is doubt. It says absolutely nothing about our senses or ability to develop true beliefs.