Abstract
C. P. S. Taylor expresses discomfort with my "arguing for the existence of God" and reminds us of the "essential ambiguity of all we observe." I agree that our observations are interpreted in different ways, and I did emphasize that apologetics cannot, on its own, bring us to God. It is also true that for many, no argument from design is necessary for them to believe in God, and for many more, no argument will ever be sufficient. However, there are both Christians and non-Christians who find such arguments to be useful "pointers" or indicators that the material world is not all there is. Some former atheists (such as Antony Flew) have been helped by such arguments. Taylor feels that one can only argue for God's presence in "one place in the cosmos by contrasting it with his absence in another." However, I believe that some of us simply recognize God's design more easily in some phenomena (such as "fine tuning") than in others.