Back in the late 1940’s, in an appearance at a Hyde Park "Speaker's Corner," Catholic author and publisher Frank Sheed had described the extraordinary order and design in the universe. A persistent heckler retorted by pointing out all the world's ills, and ended shouting, "I could make a better universe than your God!"

"I won't ask you to make a universe," Sheed replied. "But would you make a rabbit - just to establish confidence?"