insignificant, having nothing to say about the deepest questions of the human mind or the yearnings of the human heart. I can verify that 2 + 2 = 4. But I can’t prove that life is meaningful. Nor can I substantiate the core theme of the United Nations 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights: ‘All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.’ Nor can I prove that there is a God. I can certainly give some good reasons for believing that these convictions are correct—but neither I
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