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Bayesian approach: fine-tuning evidence favors theism over atheism

A Bunch Of Reasons Christianity Is True: special guest Jonathan McLatchie 01:31:55 – 01:33:29

McLatchie articulates a Bayesian argument: the fine-tuning evidence is far more expected on theism than on atheism.

Even granting the most generous probability estimates to chance-based explanations for each fine-tuned parameter, the probability of all these constants being precisely set for life is vastly lower on atheism than on theism. A designer who intended a life-permitting universe would be expected to produce one; unguided physics would not. This Bayesian argument means the fine-tuning evidence constitutes strong positive evidence for theism.

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