Did the Universe have a ‘beginning’? Is the Cosmos ‘finely-tuned’ for life? And do these phenomena point to God?

Stephen C Meyer, author of ‘Return of the God Hypothesis’ debates Phil Halper, co-author of ‘Battle of the Big Bang’ in a lively 3 hour conversation hosted by Justin Brierley!

For Stephen C Meyer: https://stephencmeyer.org/
For Phil Halper: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Big-Bang-Cosmic-Origins/dp/0226830470

Phil Halper’s surveys:
Copenhagen survey including physicists’ attitudes to fine-tuning: https://arxiv.org/html/2503.15776v2
APS survey (largest survey) article: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v19/34
APS survey interactive results: https://nafshordi.github.io/aps-dashboard/

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