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Another great event and fantastic panel. Sorry to those of you who couldn't get in, but podcast to follow... #LSEFEP

Mulgan: worship too strong but indifference would be weird; watchmaker God is maybe one version of his account #LSEFEP

Q&A: Should we worship a 'God' like Mulgan's? How does Mulgan's 'God' differ from the idea of the watchmaker God? #LSEFEP

Cottingham: Mulgan is a consequentialist and this virus does tends to infect his views... #philosophyshade #LSEFEP

Telling that suffering is the thing that brings people to religion says @bevclack; philosophers use suffering as case against it #LSEFEP

Philosophy doesn't spend enough time on religious practice,too much time on belief says @bevclack (religion ain't all in the head?) #LSEFEP

.@bevclack describes herself as a philosopher of religion with a difficult relationship with her own subject #LSEFEP

Mulgan: is the universe infinite? Don't ask me, I'm a philosopher... #LSEFEP

Mulgan finds mathematical facts hard to fit into a purely naturalistic, materialistic account of the universe #LSEFEP

Mulgan: don't like idea of progress either; but not necessary on this view #LSEFEP

.@bevclack: purpose troubles me! seems to invoke idea of progress #LSEFEP

Cottingham: religion isn't an hypothesis, it isn't science; it's a call to goodness #LSEFEP

Cottingham: is Mulgan's 'God' imbuing the universe with value yet somehow blasé about humans? Seems odd #LSEFEP

John Cottingham appreciates Mulgan's nuance in what is often a very polarised debate, but isn't entirely convinced... #LSEFEP

.@bevclack wonders whether it's the notion of a personal god that Mulgan finds difficult #LSEFEP

Mulgan's view gives succour to neither theists nor atheists #LSEFEP

Mulgan: the universe has a purpose, but it ain't us #LSEFEP