ABSTRACT
So ‘fit’ is the universe for the evolution of life and intelligent mind that several modern thinkers—philosophers, physicists and others—have revived the ancient argument from design for God’s existence and it is perhaps little wonder that Barrow and Tipler (1986) devote a long chapter to its history in their massive book The Anthropic Principle. The basic argument is as follows. There are many examples of order in the world which are brought about by the activities of minds, i.e. human minds. There is also the fact of the general orderliness of the universe as a whole. Therefore the orderliness of the whole universe (apart from the bits produced by human and other finite minds) is brought about by the mind of a god.
