From: Gene McAloon 

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:00:19 GMT, John Beckett
 wrote:

>- The laws of physics explain everything we see.
>- We don't need a god.
>- However, maybe we do need god because the laws of physics are just
>exactly what is required to support evolution and life.

It is the latest attempt by Christian fundamentalist to justify their
beliefs using "science." I believe it is called "creation
science."

The argument assumes that since certain scientific laws are required to
support human life, only a god could have devised exactly those laws. A
phony argument in that the alleged laws supporting human life are only that
set of laws capable
of doing so and ignores entirely the possibility of an infinite number of
possible sets any one of which could well have produced life different from
the life our particular set of laws produced.

The flaw in the basic premise is that human life as we know it is the best
of all possible life forms because, naturally enough to religious types,
that form was created by god.  Therefore to produce that form there had to
be a superior intelligence involved, god.

Not only is the argument unscientific but also illogical given its circular
nature. At that it is a very old argument. Thomas of Aquinas made much the
same argument.

Gene

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