Richard Dawkins on the Wonder of the World
In this well produced and narrated video, atheist Richard Dawkins marvels at the fine-tuned wonder of the world. What does it all point to? Raw data cannot tell us because all data must be interpreted. In other words, one cannot do science without philosophy. So how one interprets the fine-tuned beginning and existence of this amazing universe may be the result of certain philosophical presuppositions that artificially restrict oneās interpretation. Since Dr. Dawkins philosophically rules out God, intelligence, and the supernatural in advance, heās left with using a word like āluckā as if itās some kind of cause.
In his defense, he seems to be using the word āluckā to cover what he thinks is ignorance about the cause (see page 157-159 of āThe God Delusionā for more). Fine. But given the available evidence that spacetime and matterāall of the natural worldā exploded into being out of nothing with extreme precision, the most reasonable cause appears to be spaceless, timeless, immaterial, intelligent and personalā that is, beyond the natural world, or supernatural. To quote former atheist turned theist, Antony Flew, thatās simply the philosophical principle of āfollowing the evidence where it leads.ā
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