6. Therefore, intelligence leaves behind a trademark 'specified complexity' - it is this trademark which is evident in biological organisms.
True
False
7. For Swinburne, the observability and availability of knowledge show what?
God exists and cares for us by allowing us autonomy in morality, technological development and educational progression
Sheldon Cooper is totes correct about the string theory implications of gamma rays from dark matter annihilations
God formed the world to provide a vale of soul-making
God forgot to lock His filling cabinet of all the knowledge in the universe
Scientists need to work less and actually get a life
8. Which of the following phrases is NOT part of Swinburne's design argument?
God's creation was selfish due to the suffering we struggle through
God has reason to make an orderly universe that human beings could learn from
Personally, he feels the simplest answer to all theological questions is God
Swinburne holds Paley's and Tennant's arguments to some esteem
God would have a reason to create a universe with finite creatures who have the chance to grow to knowledge of God
9. Which two thinkers argue that the evidence of evolution is compatible with the existence of a cosmic intelligence who created with the definite goal of achieving creatures with rational consciousness?
Kayne West and Chris Brown
Jackie O. and Elaine from Seinfeld
Fred Hoyle and Keith Ward
Ian Barbour and Tennant
Aquinas and Anselm
10. Polkinghorne argues those biologists who assert that we are nothing more than genetic survival machines suffer from an intellectual inebriation. Ooh snap!
True
False
11. Fred Hoyle argues that the interpretation that the number of happy accidents allowing life's existence DOES NOT necessitate some explanation to account for them.
False
True
12. Tenant's anthropic principle refers to what?
The supreme arrogance most of these theologians seem to suffer from
That by our vary nature humanity longs to find pattern and order in the world but an inexperienced reasoner would be no reasoner at all
The likelihood of you procrastinating on Facebook half-way through this quiz
The way the universe seems to be structured so that it was inevitable life would develop
The level of spite you possess for your philosophy teacher right now
13. Which of the following statements is not a cornerstone of the Anthropic principle?
Physicist Paul Davies noted that if the relative strengths of nuclear and electromagnetic forces were slightly different there would be no carbon and hence no life
Because of the laws of the universe, life is the way it is
Rogar Penrose (The Emperors New Mind) noted there was a 1/1.23x10^12 chance the universe would be fine tuned for the existence of life
Physicist Rajesh Koothrappalis discovery of a planetary object beyond the Kuiper belt, 2008 NQ17
We are here against all odds - proves the existence of a God who fine-tuned the universe deliberately so that we could exist
14. The strong anthropic principle holds it is necessary for the universe to have these special properties and coincidences to allow human existence. Therefore, the universe was constructed so it was inevitable human life should come about.
True
False
15. As we are here, the universe has properties which allow us to exist. This enables further prediction over the nature of our position but provides no answers to why we are here or if we have a purpose. This is...
Tennants weak anthropic principle
Platos theory of duality
A lyric from an Arctic Monkeys
Leibnizs principle of sufficient reason
Aristotles theory of causality
16. The participatory anthropic principle holds that the universe would not exist unless...
Bush invades
There was matter
There were observers to it
There was a divine cosmic intervention
There was God
17. Which of the following is NOT a criticism of the anthropic principle?
Everything is unlikely - not just the universe
Tennant implies God to be almost worshipful of humanity - this insults His position!
In the case of parallel, infinite universes, the ideal environment was bound to occur
It is like totes big-headed and self-centred and anthropocentric to assume the universe was designed for us like a playground
The weak principle simply states the obvious
18. Tennant also argued for the existence of an intelligent God based on the world''s beauty. His argument did not include which postulate or did not result in which critcism:
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Beauty is not neccessary for survival and cannot be explained away by Darwinism
There is no scientific explanation for beauty and has no utilitarian function - this points to God
Given by God, beauty is for our own enjoyment
However, this argument holds the subjective view beauty does exist - this is questionable