Carbon atoms on a distant planet rearranged themselves into DNA, microorganisms formed, grew backbones, swam around the ocean, mutated into amphibians and crawled onto dry land?and finally a cab appeared at the mouth of the alley.

Einstein said that God does not play dice with the universe. He was right, but not in the way he meant. God doesn?t play dice with the universe because the universe doesn?t need him. The craps table is set up and running. Whether or not God put it there is besides the point.