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One Does Not Have To Appeal To God To Set The Initial Conditions For The Creation Of The Universe, But If One Does He Would Have To Act Through The Laws Of Physics.

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One Does Not Have To Appeal To God To Set The Initial Conditions For The Creation Of The Universe, But If One Does He Would Have To Act Through The Laws Of Physics.

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