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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cHere is the cosmological proof of the existence of God \u2014 the design argument of Paley \u2014 updated and refurbished. \u00a0The fine tuning of the universe provides prima facie evidence of deistic design. \u00a0Take your choice: blind chance that requires multitudes of universes or design that requires only one. . . . \u00a0Many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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