was developed to describe the behaviour of matter and energy—applies to theology and God. You might just as well apply it to love, music or politics, but I promise you it won’t work. Secondly, there is excessive sleight of hand in the use of the word ‘improbable’. In thermodynamics it refers to the number of different ways a system can be arranged or ordered. The repaired soup bowl is highly improbable (thermodynamically speaking) because it is uniquely formed—there is only one way to arrange the