The Universe
This theory says the universe had a beginning.
Big Bang
True or false: The book argues that science and belief in God must always be enemies.
False
This molecule carries genetic information in living things.
DNA
The belief that God does not exist.
atheism
I am the first book of the Bible and begin with the creation account.
Genesis
Complete the argument. "Whatever begins to exist has a ________.
cause
Science studies the natural world primarily through observation and this process of testing ideas.
experimentation
The chapter compares DNA to this because it contains organized information.
code/language
A person who doubts or questions whether a claim is true can be called this.
skeptic
I am the philosopher famous for the watchmaker analogy.
William Paley
The universe began to exist; therefore, the universe had one of these.
cause
According to the chapter, evidence should be followed wherever it _____.
leads
William Paley famously used this object to illustrate his argument for a designer.
watch
The question “Why is there something rather than nothing?” is primarily this kind of question.
philosophical question
I am the philosopher mentioned in the chapter while discussing objections to multiverse reasoning.
Alvin Plantinga
According to the chapter, if space, time and matter had a beginning, their ultimate cause would have to exist _____ them.
outside/beyond space, time and matter.
The book discusses this famous scientist who mapped the human genome and described DNA as “the language of God.”
Francis Collins
The idea that the constants and conditions of the universe fall within narrow life-permitting ranges is called this.
fine-tuning
“Nobody × Nothing = _____” is the chapter's memorable way of challenging the idea that nothing produced the universe.
everything
I am an astronomer quoted as saying the facts suggest that a “super intellect” has been involved with physics, chemistry and biology.
Fred Hoyle
This alternative explanation proposes that our universe may be one among many universes.
multiverse
The fact that the universe appears remarkably suited for life is commonly discussed under this principle.
anthropic principle
Finish the reasoning: A watch suggests a watchmaker; the order of the universe, the argument says, suggests a _____.
designer
The book argues we shouldn't begin by deciding what we want to believe; instead, we should examine this.
evidence
I am the famous atheist author discussed in the chapter who considers the multiverse as an answer to fine-tuning.
Richard Dawkins