{"id":11901,"date":"2014-04-15T08:16:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T15:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/?p=11901"},"modified":"2014-04-15T08:16:52","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T15:16:52","slug":"talks-on-god-and-cosmology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/15\/talks-on-god-and-cosmology\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks on God and Cosmology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, remember the debate I had with William Lane Craig, on God and Cosmology? (Full video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/27\/godcosmology-debate-videos\/\">here<\/a>, my reflections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/24\/post-debate-reflections\/\">here<\/a>.) That was on a Friday night, and on Saturday morning the event continued with talks from four other speakers, along with responses by WLC and me. At long last these Saturday talks have appeared on YouTube, so here they are!<\/p>\n<p>First up was Tim Maudlin, who usually focuses on philosophy of physics but took the opportunity to talk about the implications of God&#8217;s existence for morality. (Namely, he thinks there aren&#8217;t any.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"&amp;quot;Cosmology, Theology and Meaning&amp;quot; - Tim Maudlin\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_HmQ6xh4jCPc\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HmQ6xh4jCPc\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HmQ6xh4jCPc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT57M32S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2014-04-13T02:02:27Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_HmQ6xh4jCPc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HmQ6xh4jCPc\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">&quot;Cosmology, Theology and Meaning&quot; - Tim Maudlin<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HmQ6xh4jCPc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HmQ6xh4jCPc\/0.jpg\" alt=\"&amp;quot;Cosmology, Theology and Meaning&amp;quot; - Tim Maudlin\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum in Faith and Culture is a program of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. If you would like help streaming your event, contact scott@tacticalfaith.com\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Then we had Robin Collins, who argued for a new spin on the fine-tuning argument, saying that the universe is constructed to allow for it to be discoverable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"&amp;quot;God and the Fine-Tuning of the Universe for Discovery&amp;quot; - Robin Collins\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_A1BxcW1etXM\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/A1BxcW1etXM\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A1BxcW1etXM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT55M6S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2014-04-13T01:59:07Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_A1BxcW1etXM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/A1BxcW1etXM\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">&quot;God and the Fine-Tuning of the Universe for Discovery&quot; - Robin Collins<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/A1BxcW1etXM\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/A1BxcW1etXM\/0.jpg\" alt=\"&amp;quot;God and the Fine-Tuning of the Universe for Discovery&amp;quot; - Robin Collins\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum in Faith and Culture is a program of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. If you would like help streaming your event, contact scott@tacticalfaith.com\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Back to Team Naturalism, Alex Rosenberg explains how the appearance of &#8220;design&#8221; in nature is well-explained by impersonal laws of physics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"&amp;quot;How Physics Fakes Design, and Makes Things Difficult for Theism&amp;quot; - Alex Rosenberg\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_VImtigQ-eIA\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VImtigQ-eIA\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VImtigQ-eIA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT48M\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2014-04-12T22:25:47Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_VImtigQ-eIA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VImtigQ-eIA\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">&quot;How Physics Fakes Design, and Makes Things Difficult for Theism&quot; - Alex Rosenberg<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VImtigQ-eIA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VImtigQ-eIA\/0.jpg\" alt=\"&amp;quot;How Physics Fakes Design, and Makes Things Difficult for Theism&amp;quot; - Alex Rosenberg\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum in Faith and Culture is a program of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. If you would like help streaming your event, contact scott@tacticalfaith.com\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Finally, James Sinclair offered thoughts on the origin of time and the universe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"&amp;quot;Cosmology and Cosmologists within the &amp;#039;Does God Exist&amp;#039; Question&amp;quot; - James Sinclair\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NaV_wcTIhRc\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/NaV_wcTIhRc\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NaV_wcTIhRc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT55M45S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2014-04-13T02:09:19Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_NaV_wcTIhRc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/NaV_wcTIhRc\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">&quot;Cosmology and Cosmologists within the &#039;Does God Exist&#039; Question&quot; - James Sinclair<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NaV_wcTIhRc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/NaV_wcTIhRc\/0.jpg\" alt=\"&amp;quot;Cosmology and Cosmologists within the &amp;#039;Does God Exist&amp;#039; Question&amp;quot; - James Sinclair\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum in Faith and Culture is a program of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. If you would like help streaming your event, contact scott@tacticalfaith.com\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>To wrap everything up, the five of us participated in a post-debate Q&#038;A session.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Concluding Comments and Panel Q&amp;amp;A\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_oaEcylMvR5Q\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/oaEcylMvR5Q\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oaEcylMvR5Q\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT47M31S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2014-04-15T13:45:23Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_oaEcylMvR5Q\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/oaEcylMvR5Q\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Concluding Comments and Panel Q&amp;A<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oaEcylMvR5Q\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/oaEcylMvR5Q\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Concluding Comments and Panel Q&amp;amp;A\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum in Faith and Culture is a program of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. If you would like help streaming your event, contact scott@tacticalfaith.com\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Enough debating for me for a while! Oh no, wait: on May 7 I&#8217;ll be in New York, debating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intelligencesquaredus.org\/debates\/upcoming-debates\/item\/1020-death-is-not-final\">whether there is life after death<\/a>. (Spoiler alert: no.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, remember the debate I had with William Lane Craig, on God and Cosmology? (Full video here, my reflections here.) That was on a Friday night, and on Saturday morning the event continued with talks from four other speakers, along with responses by WLC and me. 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