January 24, 2003

Notions of God in Creationism

To the Editor:

I must take issue with John Horgan's assertions in his essay, in which he postulates the nexus of science and mysticism ("Between Science and Spirituality," The Review, November 29). ... First of all, life is no more improbable than matter and its effect on the space around it. And as for that space, matter's appearance within it is as simply explained as the appearance of bubbles in boiling water -- it is the inevitable result, in all its permutations, of the inherent