What if there is a Multiverse?

 

As I have pointed out before, multi-verse theories are often used to explain the fine-tuning of the universe apart from a designer.  However, what if a multiverse model proves viable in the future?  Would this potential discovery call God's existence into question?  Astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink doesn't think so:

"Rather than get stuck on whether we live in a multiverse, I prefer to focus on the more important question: Does the multiverse fit more comfortably in the naturalist's worldview or the Christian's?  Upon my first exposure to the multiverse, I thought it was a threat to Christianity.  However, further investigation revealed that multiverse research strengthens the case for a beginning and for design-and thus a Beginner and Designer."1

As philosopher Kenneth Samples explains:

"Scripture teaches that God created at least one other realm of existence besides the space-time universe (the angelic realm; Colossians 1:16).2

So, it seems that even if a multiverse model would prove viable, it would do little to call the truth of God's existence into question.  

Courage and Godspeed,
Chad

Footnote:
1. As quoted by Kenneth Samples in Christianity Cross-Examined: Is it Rational, Relevant and Good?, p. 89.
2. Ibid. 88.

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