Based on a paper published by John Arbuthnot in 1710 called "An Argument for Divine Providence, taken from the constant regularity observed in the births of both sexes. Article can be found here:

http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/arbuthnot.pdf

Look at the article. Write responses to the following two questions:

1) How does Arbuthnot claim that he can use statistics to make an argument for Divine Providence?

2) Can you think of any potential problems with claiming that statistics alone can be used to prove the existence of God?