"But, as we have seen, movement does not……" — Victor J. Stenger
"But, as we have seen, movement does not require a mover, and modern quantum mechanics has shown that not all effects require a cause. And even if they did, why would the Prime Mover need to be a supernatural anthropomorphic deity such as the Judeo - Christian God? Why could it not just as well be the material universe itself?"
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Victor J. Stenger
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28 Quotes by Victor J. Stenger
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Thought, without the data on which to structure that thought, leads nowhere.
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