[Irishdazza]

Of course there's an all powerful being guiding creation with a smile on his face...

...have you never seen a duck billed platypus!

CSLewis the religous scholar and fellow Belfast man who wrote the Narnia books hit it on the nail in "The Last Prince"(Silver Chair?). When the hero is asked why does he believe he says, roughly,"I choose to believe because it would be better that way - and depressing to believe it was any other"

So a half glass full kinda guy -bit like me and my "nearly in shape" as opposed to "nearly a slob"!