God of Chance

A. J. Ayer accident Adolphe Quetelet aggregate allow amino acids appear argue Arthur Koestler Bampton Lectures Bayes behaviour belief biblical calculation causal Challenge of Chance Chance and Necessity Chance and Providence chance hypothesis chapter Christian claim clear coincidences concerned conclusion creation determined deterministic direct divine equal evidence evolution evolutionary example existence experiment explanation expressed fact Geach God's action happen Hoyle human idea imply individual initial conditions Jacques Monod Jesus kind large number laws logical lots MacKay matter mind Monod mutations nature occurred outcome P(S given particular physical Pollard possible prayer predict principle prior probabilities probability probability theory problem process theology pure chance purpose question random processes reason requires Richard Swinburne Schoffeniels scientific scientists seems sense sequence significance test argument social speak statistical stochastic process sufficient suppose theism theologians theology of chance theory things uncertainty universe unpredictable world of chance