The faith of a Nobel-laureate physicist

The faith of a Nobel-laureate physicist April 4, 2017

 

William D. Phillips, Nobel laureate
William D. Phillips, winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics (Wikimedia CC public domain image)

 

In a letter to T. Dimitrov dated 19 May 2002, William Phillips replied to several questions. To the inquiry, “What do you think about the existence of God?” he gave the following answer:

 

“I believe in God. In fact, I believe in a personal God who acts in and interacts with the creation.  I believe that the observations about the orderliness of the physical universe, and the apparently exceptional fine-tuning of the conditions of the universe for the development of life suggest that an intelligent Creator is responsible. . . .  I believe in God because of a personal faith, a faith that is consistent with what I know about science.”

 

 


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