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of Professor Stengers Talk
The University of Colorado Theology Forum Presents
The Absence of God in Physics and Cosmology
Presented by
Professor Victor Stenger
When: Thursday, October 7 at 7:30 PM
Where: Hellems 252
Abstract
In recent years we have heard
claims that science and religion are converging, and that what they are
converging on is God. In fact, a creator God or other supernatural force
is not required to understand
the natural universe. No laws of physics were violated in the big bang. No
external agent was necessary to produce the universe or the laws of
physics. No evidence for design can be found in the organization of matter
on all scales, from the cosmic to the subatomic. At the earliest definable
moment, the Planck time, the universe had maximum entropy. Thus, even if
it were created, the current universe possesses no memory such an event or
the intentions of any creator. The universe and the laws of physics look
exactly as they should if there is no God.
Vic Stenger is
Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Hawaii and Adjunct
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is also founder
and president of the Colorado Citizens for Science. His books
include: Not By Design: The Origin of the Universe (1988); Physics and Psychics: The Search for a World Beyond the Senses
(1990); The
Unconscious Quantum: Metaphysics in Modern Physics and Cosmology
(1995); Timeless Reality: Symmetry, Simplicity, and Multiple
Universes (2000), and Has Science Found God? The Latest Results in the
Search for Purpose in the Universe (2003). Vic maintains a popular
web site where much of his writing can be found at
http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger
This talk is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be provided.
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