Worship is the loving ascription of praise to God for what He is in Himself and in his providential dealings. It is the bowing of our innermost spirit before him in deepest humility and reverence. Worship is the adoring contemplation of God as he has been pleased to reveal himself in his son and in the Scriptures.
Oswald Sanders

Antropic Cosomological Principl

Antropic Cosomological Principl

Anthropic Cosmological Principle

WAP, SAP, FAP…those of you who have jumped into Frank Tipler and John Barrow’s 700+ page volume The Anthropic Cosmological Principle (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1986) know what these acronyms stand for: the Weak, Strong, and Final Anthropic Principles, respectively. Those of you wanting a less daunting introduction to this philosophical side of cosmology (and origins) should read “A ‘What You See Is What You Beget’ Theory,” by Tony Rothman, Discover , May 1987, pp. 90-99. Rothman gives a good introduction to some of the relevant terminology and debates, and concludes:

It’s not a big stop from the SAP [Strong Anthropic Principle] to the Argument from Design. You know the Argument from Design: it says that the universe was made very precisely, and were it ever so slightly different, man wouldn’t be here. Therefore Someone must have made it. … When confronted with the order and beauty of the universe and the strange coincidences of nature, it’s very tempting to take the leap of faith from science into religion. I am sure many physicists want to. I only wish they would admit it. (p. 99)

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