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Proof is only applicable to very rarefied areas of philosophy and mathematics. . . . \u00a0For the most part we are driven to acting on good evidence, without the luxury of proof. \u00a0There is good evidence of the link between cause and effect. \u00a0There is good evidence that the sun will rise tomorrow. \u00a0There is good reason to believe my mother loves me and is not just fattening me up for the moment when she will pop arsenic into my tea. \u00a0And there is good reason to believe in God. \u00a0Very good reason. \u00a0Not conclusive proof, but very good reason just the same. . . . \u00a0I believe it is much harder to reject the existence of a supreme being than accept it.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nRev. Canon Dr. Michael Green, of Oxford, in\u00a0Faith for the Non-religious<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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