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as the rock has a purpose, so does the universe. Second, Kurtz rejects the Teleological Argument on “nihilo-nihil” and “uncertainty and unpredictability” theories. By postulating a “nihilo-nihil” cosmogony, not only does Kurtz advance Heidegger’s position but also celebrates Hesiod, what ancient Greek poet and mythmaker, whose theogony arose out of chaos: “void” and “gap.”
Such crucial links are important because, although they demonstrate we can conceive of things coming into existence “out of nothing,” we know the truth is otherwise: nano-matter exists. The “nihilo-nihil” theory, therefore, might not be as convincing as Kurtz’ principle of “uncertainty and disorder” if we are to fully dismiss the Teleological Argument. But then, however much we perceive that we dwell in an angst-burst inharmonious, chaotic and uncertain physical world, however much our hearts are torn and crucified, however much our existential woes are pains of darkness 3⁄4 all of these 3⁄4 are not enough, not enough, to justify or deceive us that we are light years away from the immaculate wand of supreme intelligence and that it is just “majuscule-and-minuscule-us” the only stellar beings in the spheres. Indeed, in their scrutiny of the physical world, Albert Einstein and Paul Davies observed that God exists simply because of the universe’s sheer magnitude and
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