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This cartoon<\/a> nicely illustrates an unjustified\u00a0leap that often takes place when people try to argue from appearance of \u201cdesign\u201d in the universe or the laws of physics to the existence of God:<\/p>\n

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HT Hemant Mehta<\/a><\/p>\n

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