"In the most general terms, we claim that the relation between fine-tuning and the theory of design is hypothetico-deductive, if there is a designer, this fact explains the fine-tuning and is thereby confirmed. More specifically, our claim is that given a theological research program that includes the theory that the universe was created (designed) by a God whose aim was personal relations with sentient beings, the fine tuning of the universe can be seen to provide novel confirmation, in Imre Lakota's terms" (Murphy and <!g>Ellis, p. 63).