♦ ficino ♦ Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 About two years ago, didn't bornagainathiest predict that theists would start claiming that theories about a multiverse support claims that God exists? Well, I don't know when they started this, but theists indeed are busy appropriating multiverse theories for theism. This is a review of a collection of recent essays. Needless to say, the authors of the reviewed volume all seem to have different takes on what makes one version of Theistic Multiverse theory better than another - or better than no theism. Some cautionary remarks by the reviewer, Scott A. Shalkowski of Univ. Leeds: "What to one [writer] is wheels coming off of the bus is to another the reconfiguration of a much more satisfactory bus. If, however, we think that we are engaged in truth-telling metaphysics, we must have some grasp of which principles act as a check on the limits of acceptable theory, since empirical data are not up to the task. If elegance, simplicity, beauty, and "explanatory" power are to serve that purpose, it is incumbent upon their users to make the case that these are truth-indicating features and to do so in a way that does not tacitly rely upon a great deal of well-confirmed theory -- as their use in empirical matters does -- even if that is hardly ever noticed by those who invoke them." http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/69605-god-and-the-multiverse-scientific-philosophical-and-theological-perspectives/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornagainathiest Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 About two years ago, didn't bornagainathiest predict that theists would start claiming that theories about a multiverse support claims that God exists? Well, I don't know when they started this, but theists indeed are busy appropriating multiverse theories for theism. This is a review of a collection of recent essays. Needless to say, the authors of the reviewed volume all seem to have different takes on what makes one version of Theistic Multiverse theory better than another - or better than no theism. Some cautionary remarks by the reviewer, Scott A. Shalkowski of Univ. Leeds: "What to one [writer] is wheels coming off of the bus is to another the reconfiguration of a much more satisfactory bus. If, however, we think that we are engaged in truth-telling metaphysics, we must have some grasp of which principles act as a check on the limits of acceptable theory, since empirical data are not up to the task. If elegance, simplicity, beauty, and "explanatory" power are to serve that purpose, it is incumbent upon their users to make the case that these are truth-indicating features and to do so in a way that does not tacitly rely upon a great deal of well-confirmed theory -- as their use in empirical matters does -- even if that is hardly ever noticed by those who invoke them." http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/69605-god-and-the-multiverse-scientific-philosophical-and-theological-perspectives/ Actually, I think you're referring to this post, by R.S. Martin, Ficino. http://www.ex-christian.net/topic/54403-evangelical-paper-embraces-posibility-of-multiverse/?hl=multiverse#.V9uXefkrJD8 Thanks, BAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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