Frases de Victor J. Stenger (13 citas)

“Observations in cosmology look just as they can be expected to look if there is no God.”

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Victor J. Stenger libro God: The Failed Hypothesis

Fuente: God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007), Chapter 4: 'Cosmic Evidence', p.128-129
Contexto: We have yet to encounter an observable astronomical phenomenon that requires a supernatural element to be added to a model in order to describe the event... Observations in cosmology look just as they can be expected to look if there is no God.

“Infinity…is used in physics simply as a shorthand for "a very big number.””

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Victor J. Stenger libro God: The Failed Hypothesis

Fuente: God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007), Chapter 4: 'Cosmic Evidence', p.123

“The transition of nothing-to-something is a natural one, not requiring any agent.”

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Victor J. Stenger libro God: The Failed Hypothesis

Fuente: God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007), Chapter 4: 'Cosmic Evidence', p.133
Contexto: The transition of nothing-to-something is a natural one, not requiring any agent. As Nobel laureate physicist Frank Wilczek has put it, "The answer to the ancient question 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' would then be that 'nothing' is unstable." [... ] In short, the natural state of affairs is something rather than nothing. An empty universe requires supernatural intervention--not a full one. Only by the constant action of an agent outside the universe, such as God, could a state of nothingness be maintained. The fact that we have something is just what we would expect if there is no God.

“The fact that we have something is just what we would expect if there is no God.”

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Victor J. Stenger libro God: The Failed Hypothesis

Fuente: God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007), Chapter 4: 'Cosmic Evidence', p.133
Contexto: The transition of nothing-to-something is a natural one, not requiring any agent. As Nobel laureate physicist Frank Wilczek has put it, "The answer to the ancient question 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' would then be that 'nothing' is unstable." [... ] In short, the natural state of affairs is something rather than nothing. An empty universe requires supernatural intervention--not a full one. Only by the constant action of an agent outside the universe, such as God, could a state of nothingness be maintained. The fact that we have something is just what we would expect if there is no God.

“Science flies men to the moon, religion flies men into buildings.”

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Victor J. Stenger

In The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason (2009), 59. As attributed on a web page using the quote as a title at web site of Richard Dawkins Foundation.
Variante: Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.

“Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered.”

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“Science is not going to change its commitment to the truth. We can only hope religion changes its commitment to nonsense.”

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Victor J. Stenger

[02/19/2013, Science and Religion Cannot Be Reconciled, Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victor-stenger/religion-and-science-_b_2719280.html]