I have been reading a long philosophical article by Professor Ernan McMullin, titled catchily: "Cosmic Purpose and the Contingency of Human Evolution". Over 37 closely argued pages he expounds his thesis, and backs it up with 11 pages of references. It is basically an examination of the argument for and against God as the creator.
His conclusion? If you strip away all the esoteric language he basically says: "I cannot prove whether God exists, but I assume that he does, and I present here my admittedly unproveable reasons for thinking this. Some people think that they can prove he does not exist, but they are wrong, and here's why."
In other words we cannot prove either that God exists, or that he does not.
Haven't we heard that before? Oh, no more than many thousand times...
Crikey! Does this man get paid to do this?
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