"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 Ellis, p. 63).