Eagleton again, explaining the significance of the biblical idea of creation: “Because there is no necessity about the cosmos, we cannot deduce the laws which govern it from a priori principles, but need instead to look at how it actually works.  This is the task of science.  There is thus a curious connection between the doctrine of creation out of nothing and the professional life of Richard Dawkins.  Without God, Dawkins would be out of a job.  It is thus particularly churlish of him to call the existence of his employer into question.”