Sir – I can’t comment on Mr Weaver’s mathematics (Letters, April 10). However, I’m sure (that for my purposes at least) zero divided by zero equals zero, and the evidence for a god in this finite world amounts to exactly that — zero.
From the wishful thinking of Aquinas and Anselm, to present day creationists and proponents of intelligent design, believers have no concern for verifiable evidence. They practise instead a legerdemain that they imagine allows them to conjure something from nothing. Mr Weaver says god is infinite, but provides no support this supposition.
It is the inclination to provide existence with an insupportable invisible friend that makes it impossible for them to appreciate Dane Clouston’s point.
Paul Surman, Horspath
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