Jonathan MS Pearce said...
Jeff,
Let me get this straight - you may have answered this in your objection.
Let's imagine that God created the universe and by fine-tuning all the laws, and creating ex nihilo, he is the supernatural explanation for everything. However, what he created were natural laws and a natural-looking universe. In fact, he's a bit like a classic deist God, stepping away after creation.
Where would this leave the argument, since one would find it difficult to differentiate a naturalistic universe from this supernaturalistic one? Or is it an argument that cannot make claims on first causes, but merely everything thereafter?
Excuse me if I have missed some nuances here.