Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.

The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.

So long as the Universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the Universe is really completely self-contained, it would have neither beginning or end, it would simply be. What place then for a creator?

Is god omnipotent ? If he is, can he create a rock so heavy he can't lift it ?

One is always a long way from solving a problem until one actually has the answer.

The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract.

Eternity is a long time, especially towards the end.