Victor J. Stenger citations

Source: God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007), Chapter 4: 'Cosmic Evidence', p.123

Source: God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007), Chapter 4: 'Cosmic Evidence', p.133
Contexte: The transition of nothing-to-something is a natural one, not requiring any agent. As Nobel laureate physicist Frank Wilczek has put it, "The answer to the ancient question 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' would then be that 'nothing' is unstable." [... ] In short, the natural state of affairs is something rather than nothing. An empty universe requires supernatural intervention--not a full one. Only by the constant action of an agent outside the universe, such as God, could a state of nothingness be maintained. The fact that we have something is just what we would expect if there is no God.

Source: God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007), Chapter 4: 'Cosmic Evidence', p.133
Contexte: The transition of nothing-to-something is a natural one, not requiring any agent. As Nobel laureate physicist Frank Wilczek has put it, "The answer to the ancient question 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' would then be that 'nothing' is unstable." [... ] In short, the natural state of affairs is something rather than nothing. An empty universe requires supernatural intervention--not a full one. Only by the constant action of an agent outside the universe, such as God, could a state of nothingness be maintained. The fact that we have something is just what we would expect if there is no God.

In The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason (2009), 59. As attributed on a web page using the quote as a title at web site of Richard Dawkins Foundation.
Variante: Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.

[02/19/2013, Science and Religion Cannot Be Reconciled, Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victor-stenger/religion-and-science-_b_2719280.html]

In God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science (2012)

Source: God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007), Chapter 4: 'Cosmic Evidence', p.129

In God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion (2012)

Source: God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007), Chapter 4: 'Cosmic Evidence', p.126-127

Source: God: The Failed Hypothesis (2007), Chapter 4: 'Cosmic Evidence', p.117

In The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us