Our starting point for today’s post is a quote from Spitzer wherein he summarizes the strength of a belief in a super-natural designer over and against its main opponent, the multiverse theory. He states: “There are serious weaknesses in the multiple universe postulate of the weak anthropic principle; and so there is considerable room for [...]
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Questions for Spitzer on Mathematical Probabilities and Big Bang Creationsim
Posted in Creation, Genesis, Science, Theology on Sep 21st, 2010
Before moving on to Spitzer’s application of physics to belief in God, I believe we need to ask some critical questions of his inferential method. There is no question that Spitzer is properly articulating the basic findings of physics as they regard the “observable” material universe. My question, however, takes significant issue with how much [...]
Introducing Robert Spitzer’s “Big Bang” Cosmology
Posted in Creation, Philosophy, Science, Theology on Sep 20th, 2010
Most of the time when I pick up a book that seeks to provide an “apologetic” I can be fairly certain that what I am about to read will be highly polemical, negative, and often times, tends towards state its case by making propositional and negative statements about other views. This is not a critique [...]
More Media coverage on Spitzer & Hawking…
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 16th, 2010
It seems that Spitzer’s book is destined to be bound up with Stephen Hawking’s new book. This, I think is a good thing, as Hawking’s contribution forces to thank deeper and more critically then we other wise would. My friend and co-worker–Nate–feels similarly as he makes pretty clear. Here is what he has to say: [...]
Hawking-Spitzer on Larry King Live
Posted in Creation, Philosophy, Science, Theology on Sep 13th, 2010
Before we get started, I want to remind everyone of the chance to win a free copy of Spitzer’s book New Proofs for the Existence of God. Go here! We begin our Read In on September 20th, and it promises to be quite interesting. I hope the majority of the blog’s reader’s had the opportunity [...]
Featured Readin author Robert J. Spitzer to be featured with Stephen Hawking on CNN’s Larry King Live–Tonight–Friday, September 10th, 2010 @ 9pm(EST)
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 10th, 2010
If you are a regular follower of the blog you know that on September 20th, we will begin our second Read In We will be reading and discussing Robert Spitzer’s new book New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions from Contemporary Physics and Philosophy. But before we begin, I wanted to let blog readers [...]
Read In Selection….and Christianbook.com/academic (free) ebooks!
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 1st, 2010
The next book in our blog Read In series will feature a fascinating new book from Eerdmans publishers entitled New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions from Contemporary Physics and Philosophy. I have been eagerly awaiting this title, and the topic covered in the book should make great fodder for discussion. I would like [...]