| I am not atheist, for I admit the possibility of a prime movere responsible for 1000 million galaxies. |
| I am not an agnostic, for unlike those who maintain that Man can know nothing beyond the material phenomena, I am persuaded by the French philosopher Voltaire’s argument in favour of God, ‘for the homely reason that he found it impossible to conceive of a watch without a watchmaker.’ [EXTRACT] |
Published in THE NATION 24 Dec. 1992, and reprinted in THE ARMLESS QUEEN (1994). |
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