Saying the universe is eternal simply is saying that it has no beginning or end, not that it had a beginning an… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
People want to be at the center of the Universe...and they're going to flock to anybody who tells them that. — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
A scenario is suggested by which the universe and its laws could have arisen naturally from nothing. Current cosmology suggests that no… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
With pantheism...the deity is associated with the order of nature or the universe itself...when modern scientists such as Einstein and Stephen Hawking… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
While science continually uncovers new mysteries, it has removed much of what was once regarded as deeply mysterious. Although we certainly do… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Assuming the universe came from nothing, it is empty to begin with... Only by the constant action of an agent outside the… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
In fact, current cosmological observations indicate that the average density of matter and energy in the universe is equal, within measurement errors,… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
But, as we have seen, movement does not require a mover, and modern quantum mechanics has shown that not all effects require… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
To most theistic believers, human life can have no meaning in a universe without God. Quite sincerely, and with understandable yearning for… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
The argument from design stands or falls on whether it can be demonstrated that some aspect of the universe such as its… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Any strategy that attempts to reinforce faith by undermining science is also doomed to failure. Showing that some scientific theory is wrong… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
People want to be at the center of the Universe...and they're going to flock to anybody who tells them that. — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Is there a place in a church where you leave your brains when you enter? — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
To most theistic believers, human life can have no meaning in a universe without God. Quite sincerely, and with understandable yearning for a meaning… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Until recent times, absence of evidence for his [Jehovah's] existence has not been sufficient to rule him out. However, we now have enough knowledge… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
The problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something for which you have… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
In short, evolution is as close to being a scientific fact as is possible for any theory, given that science is open - ended… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Debating is not an honest intellectual exercise. It's like a trial in which the goal is not to get to the truth but to… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Fifteen years of skepticism has done more for me than 20 years of force-fed religion and 30 years of indifference in between. — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Just because quantum mechanics is weird does not mean that everything that is weird is quantum mechanics. — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
In fact, current cosmological observations indicate that the average density of matter and energy in the universe is equal, within measurement errors, to the… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered. — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
“The myth of quantum consciousness sits well with many whose egos have made it impossible for them to accept the insignificant place science perceives… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
![“Until recent times, absence of evidence for his [Jehovah's] existence has not been sufficient to rule him out. However, we now have enough knowledge that we can identify many places where there should be evidence, but there is not. The absence of that evidence allows us to rule out the existence…” quote by Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/923/victor-j-stenger-16236_absence_until-recent-times-absence-of-evidence-f_385888.jpg)
