Science offers us an explanation of how complexity (the difficult) arose out of simplicity (the easy). The hypothesis of God offers no worthwhile explanation for anything, for it simply postulates what we are trying to explain.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Science explains complexity arising from simplicity, while God just postulates the existence of complexity.
- In plain terms
- Science shows how hard things come from easy ones; God does not explain anything.
- What can you take from it?
- Science explains complexity better than God.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What explains complexity?
- Does God add explanatory value?
Another view
Some argue God explains why complexity exists at all.
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