# The most current scientific evidence for the existence of God?

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**Tags:** Science, Design, Atheism, Theology\
**Created:** [November 15, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-most-current-scientific-evidence-for-the-existence-of-god/15549 "2022-11-15T14:07:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-most-current-scientific-evidence-for-the-existence-of-god/15549/138 "2022-11-25T05:16:44Z")

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> [@lee\_merrill](#):
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> I would mention in reply to this topic the book “The Return of the God Hypothesis”, by Steven Meyer, where he examines three scientific areas that point to God: “The three main lines of reasoning are (1) evidence for the creation of the universe, (2) evidence for the fine-tuning of the universe for life, and (3) evidence for the creation of genetic code in the cells of all life.” (Amazon review)

Except that the “scientific areas” _themselves_ **do not** “point to God” – it is only **Apologists (_mis_)interpretations** of these areas that does the pointing.

I can state with _absolute certainty_ that no scientific paper of the Big Bang has stated that it is “evidence for the creation of the universe”.

In the case of Fine Tuning, all we have is **arguments not evidence**.

In the case of genetic code, what we have is **assumption not evidence** – in this case the (much repeated by ID-advocates, but repeatedly-debunked) _assumption_ that information cannot arise through natural processes.

A rerasonably good summary of the shortcomings of Meyer’s book can be found here:

> **[A Critique of Stephen Meyer’s ‘Return of the God Hypothesis’](https://ricochet.com/1059644/stephen-meyers-return-of-the-god-hypothesis/)**
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> I have struggled with writing a review of Stephen Meyer's book, Return of the God Hypothesis, since I finished it a few weeks ago. Every time I pick it up to reread portions of it I find myself…

(There are others, and may well be better ones, but this is the best I could find on a short search.)

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