style="margin-top:40px;" Mind Over Matter: September 2005

Monday, September 05, 2005

Designed to put God into the gaps

SOME saw the Virgin Mary, others a hint of Marilyn Monroe, and eventually a US casino paid $28,000 for a 10-year-old piece of burnt toast supposedly showing the holy image. For some, God's hand is seen in improbable places.But the desire for evidence of a higher being is taking a more scientific turn, at least according to the backers of the controversial theory of intelligent design. Through cellular machines and mathematical formula, they argue life is so complex it must have been the work of a mind.

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