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David Berlinski, who received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton
University, believes that living things did not evolve, but are the products
of intelligent design. In his works, Berlinski often refers to God as the
author of this design. The following quotes from Berlinski are examples
of this:

The structures of life are complex, and complex structures get made in
this, the purely human world, only by a process of deliberate design.
An act of intelligence is re q u i red to bring even a thimble into being;
why should the artifacts of life be different? 167

Molecular biology has revealed that whatever else a living cre a t u re
may be – God's creation. 168

William Craig earned a doctorate in philosophy at the University of
Birmingham, England, before earning a doctorate in theology, from the
Ludwig Maximiliens Universitat-Munchen, West Germany. He believes
that the universe was created by God for a special purpose. Craig's views
are reflected in these remarks:

…the universe has a cause of its existence. In fact, I think that it can be
plausibly argued that the cause of the universe must be a personal
C re a t o r. For how else could a temporal effect arise from an eternal
cause?… We have seen on the basis of both philosophical argument and
scientific confirmation that it is plausible that the universe began to
exist. Given the intuitively obvious principle that whatever begins to
exist has a cause of its existence, we have been led to conclude that the
universe has a cause of its existence. On the basis of our argument, this
cause would have to be uncaused, eternal, changeless, timeless, and
immaterial. Moreover, it would have to be a personal agent who freely
elects to create an effect in time. Therefore, on the basis of the kalam
cosmological argument, I conclude that it is rational to believe that God
exists. 169

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