New Proofs for the Existence of God Quotes

“This second metaphysical premise dates back to the time of Parmenides. It may be summed up as follows: “From nothing, only nothing comes.” If we don’t put any content into “nothing” (such as continuity, dimensionality, or orientability, as might be found in a spatial continuum), then “nothing” will not mistakenly refer to “something”; it will not mistakenly be thought to have characteristics, do something, or be somewhere, etc. Nothing is nothing. There is no such thing as “nothing.” To say anything else argues the most fundamental of contradictions. We may now proceed to our conclusion—combining a first premise from physics and a second premise from metaphysics. (1) If there is a reasonable likelihood of a beginning of the universe (prior to which there was no physical reality whatsoever), and (2) if it is apriori true that “from nothing, only nothing comes,” then it is reasonably likely that the universe came from something which is not physical reality. This is commonly referred to as a “transcendent cause of the universe (physical reality)” or “a creator of the universe.”
― Robert J. Spitzer, New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy

“You find it strange that I consider the comprehensibility of the world to the degree that we may speak of such comprehensibility as a miracle or an eternal mystery. Well, a priori one should expect a chaotic world which cannot be in any way grasped through thought. . . . The kind of order created, for example, by Newton’s theory of gravity is of quite a different kind. Even if the axioms of the theory are posited by a human being, the success of such an enterprise presupposes an order in the objective world of a high degree which one has no a-priori right to expect. That is the “miracle” which grows increasingly persuasive with the increasing development of knowledge.44 Since”
― Robert J. Spitzer, New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy

“This gives remarkable credibility to the words of the Nobel-prize-winning physicist Arno Penzias: Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, and delicately balanced to provide exactly the conditions required to support life. In the absence of an absurdly improbable accident, the observations of modern science seem to suggest an underlying, one might say, supernatural plan.”
― Robert J. Spitzer, New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy

“When one reads the biographies of great artists, musicians, and poets, one senses the tragedy with which art is frequently imbued. What causes these extraordinarily gifted men and women to abuse themselves, to judge themselves so harshly, to so totally pour themselves into their art? Perhaps it’s when art becomes a “god,” when one tries to extract perfect and unconditional beauty from imperfect and conditioned minds and forms.”
― Robert J. Spitzer, New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy

“This version of the metaphysical argument consists of five steps: I. Proof of at least one unconditioned reality. II. Proof that unconditioned reality itself is the simplest possible reality. III. Proof that unconditioned reality itself is absolutely unique. IV. Proof that unconditioned reality itself is unrestricted. V. Proof that the one Unconditioned Reality is the continuous Creator of all else that is.”
― Robert J. Spitzer, New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy