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There are relatively few atheists among neurologists and brain surgeons and astrophysicists, but many among psychologists, sociologists, and historians. The reason seems obvious: the first study divine design, the second study human undesign.

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Peter Kreeft
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 16
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Paterson
New Jersey
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