Victor J. Stenger

Quotes

• “The God of the gaps argument for God fails when a plausible scientific account for a gap in current knowledge can be giv...”
• “The complex order we now observe [in the universe] could *not* have been the result of any initial design built into the...”
• “The existence of matter and energy in the universe did not require the violation of energy conservation at the assumed c...”
• “We have yet to encounter an observable astronomical phenomenon that require a supernatural element to be added to a mode...”
• “Rather than being handed down from above, like the Ten Commandments, they [the laws of physics] look exactly as they sho...”
• “The claim that the universe *began* with the big bang has no basis in current physical and cosmological knowledge. The o...”
• “The most fundamental laws of physics are not restrictions on the behaviour of matter. Rather, they are restrictions on t...”
• “Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are n...”
• “Infinity...is used in physics simply as a shorthand for "a very big number.”