'Fine-tuned' argument self-defeating

I am concerned over the growing number of poor responses to the theists' argument of "fine tuning." Rather than confront the flawed logic of the argument, the common f response is to speculate why the constants are what they are. This is a miscalculation that r leads the theist to believe that he/she has a point to be addressed. Consider that if the range of life-hospitable values is such, then a designer would be bound by these restraints in his design. This would imply a designer is not above the laws of physics and mathematics, which raises suspicion about the existence of any designer at all. If, however, a designer is believed to be above the laws of its design (which it must be), then the specialty of the range and values of life-hospitable constants is null. The designer would have arbitrarily chosen any range, value, or relationship to facilitate life. Thus, if there is a designer, then the constants of nature hold no specialty. Therefore, the "small" range of life-producing constants neither implies nor concludes anything in reference to a designer. The argument of a "finely tuned" universe is self-defeating.

Roman Swiatkowski

Hammond, Indiana

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