{"id":235452,"date":"2026-04-17T18:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/peter-van-inwagen-does-a-fine-tuned-universe-lead-to-god"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:05:06","slug":"peter-van-inwagen-does-a-fine-tuned-universe-lead-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/peter-van-inwagen-does-a-fine-tuned-universe-lead-to-god","title":{"rendered":"Peter van Inwagen \u2014 Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Lead to God?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pGwRBNCbDZk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Get free access to Closer to Truth\u2019s library of 5,000 videos: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/376lkKN\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/376lkKN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world\u2019s deepest questions without the need for paywalls: <a href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/OnyRq\">https:\/\/shorturl.at\/OnyRq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We human beings sit roughly midway between the sizes of atoms and galaxies, and both must be so perfectly structured for us to exist. It\u2019s called \u2018fine-tuning\u2019 and it\u2019s all so breathtakingly precise that it cries out for explanation. To some, fine-tuning leads to God. To others, there are non-supernatural explanations. Both are startling.<\/p>\n<p>Register for free at <a href=\"http:\/\/CTT.com\">CTT.com<\/a> for subscriber-only exclusives: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3He94Ns\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3He94Ns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3P2ogje\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3P2ogje<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Peter van Inwagen is an analytic philosopher and the John Cardinal O\u2019Hara Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/peter-van-inwagen-does-a-fine-tuned-universe-lead-to-god\">Continue reading \u201cPeter van Inwagen \u2014 Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Lead to God?\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get free access to Closer to Truth\u2019s library of 5,000 videos: http:\/\/bit.ly\/376lkKN Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world\u2019s deepest questions without the need for paywalls: https:\/\/shorturl.at\/OnyRq. We human beings sit roughly midway between the sizes of atoms and galaxies, and both must be so perfectly structured for [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-particle-physics","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}