Multiverse Theory

Is infinitely many universes a good explanation for our universe? If true, does it explain away God?

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Multiverse Theory

The Motive

Multiverse theory is actually a set of theories, all proposing that there are more universes than ours (or beyond what we can observe, in one case). They are all attempts at explaining how special our universe is. Why are physical laws configured just how they are so that atoms can form? Why would the Big Bang model place Earth at the center of the universe? The thing no one wants to say out loud on the atheist side is that all of the fine-tuning in the universe is extraordinary evidence for special creation by a supreme being. What they will say is that multiverse theories are an attempt to explain how our universe, which is so specially configured for life, could exist by chance (without God).

The Problems

  1. There would be no real way to find out if there are other universes.
  2. From a philosophical point of view, the presence of other universes wouldn't generally answer anything. If we wonder how our universe got here, we would have to wonder the same for them.
  3. It actually fails to address the issue of the extremely low odds that our universe would be the way that it is.

Doesn't God Fail to Solve the Issue Too?