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Title: Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Tell Us Anything about God?
Authors: Hincks, Adam D. (AUTHOR)
Source: Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science. Dec2025, Vol. 60 Issue 4, p1145-1167. 23p.
Subjects: God, Metaphysics, Monotheism, Contingency (Philosophy), Universe, Physical cosmology, Proof of God
Abstract: The apparent fine-tuning of several fundamental parameters that determine the properties of our universe and make it hospitable to life is sometimes used as an argument for God from design. I review the concept of cosmic fine-tuning and critically examine the claim that God is its most probable cause. While not definitively repudiating this claim, I argue that it is potentially in tension with the more apophatic approach to God found in the Abrahamic traditions. I then offer a metaphysical analysis of the contingency of fine-tuning that situates it within the classical analogy of being that points to the Divinity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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