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    It is not the case that Fine-tuning provides more reason to expect a life-permitting universe under omni-theism than under source physicalism

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    • 1.The probability calculus underlying fine-tuning arguments assumes a well-defined probability distribution over possible physical constants, which remains philosophically unjustified.
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    • 2.Robin Collins and others treat 'life-permitting ranges' as narrow relative to an unspecified broader range, but without a principled sample space, likelihood comparisons between omni-theism and physicalism are ill-formed.
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    • 3.An inference to the better explanation requires that both hypotheses generate determinate, comparable predictions, a condition the fine-tuning argument fails to satisfy.
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    • 1.An omni-God possessing omnipotence would not require fine-tuned physical constants to produce life, since such a being could sustain life under any parameters.
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    • 2.If omni-theism predicts life regardless of physical constants, fine-tuning carries no distinctive evidential weight favoring theism over physicalism.
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    • 1.Fine-tuning is required for intelligent life to exist
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    • 2.An omni-God has reason to create intelligent life
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    • 3.Therefore, an omni-God would have motivation to set physical parameters within life-permitting ranges
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