“Multiverses supposedly explain the existence of [our universe] with special characteristics. But this is really special pleading, i.e. an explanation these atheists accept for the universe but would not tolerate for a second to explain anything else. Consider if we found a pattern of markings on a beach which spelled your name. Naturally you would conclude that an intelligent agent had written it. This is more plausible than thinking that wind and wave erosion somehow produced that pattern by chance, even though there is an extremely tiny probability of this happening.”
“But under multiverse reasoning, there are an infinite number of parallel universes containing every possible quantum state, ‘In infinite space, even the most unlikely events must take place somewhere.’”
Scientists have come up with the multiverse theory to explain how a universe (ours) could be so lucky as to form. With many (a near infinite amount) different possible universes, chances are increased that possibly one will be perfect for order, complexity and life. What is otherwise an extremely low probability (that a perfect universe like ours would arise) then becomes most certain.
The multiverse theory is one example of the great lengths that certain scientists have gone to in order to explain the incredible intricacy of our universe. The naturalist has to come up with this elaborate scenario, but ultimately the universe is evidence of God’s incredibly detailed design. The conclusion that a loving God created a complex universe seems to me to be a more logical explanation than resorting to a multiverse theory.
By Brian Mariani
Quote from Russell Grigg, Test of Faith DVD, http://creation.com/test-of-faith-dvd, also quoting Tegmark, M., Parallel Universes: Not just a staple of science fiction, other universes are a direct implication of cosmological observations, Scientific American 288:30–41, May 2003.
