Only if God is not in any sense contingent can one avoid regress posed in the query, who created God? - Frank J. Tipler

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Only if God is not in any sense contingent can one avoid regress posed in the query, who created God?

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About Frank J. Tipler

(born February 1, 1947) is an American mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University. Tipler has written books and papers on the based on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's religious ideas, which he claims is a mechanism for the resurrection of the dead. He is also known for his theories on the (Tipler time machine) and for the , an argument that no intelligent life exists outside of the Solar System. His work has attracted criticism, notably from systems theorist George F. R. Ellis who has argued that his theories are largely pseudoscience.

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Native Name: Frank Jennings Tipler III
Alternative Names: Frank Jennings Tipler

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