In his short story, “Bulletproof,” T.C Boyle illustrates the impasse between those who see things as the creation and those who see the same things as a result of chance and matter. The point of the story is that two different people might see exactly the same thing, but interpret it in very different ways. The culmination of the story is the meeting of the two main characters—one atheist, one Christian—on a trail in the woods. They watch a group of snakes and comment on what they see. Both see the same thing, but interpret it in wildly different ways. To the Christian, the snakes tell her something about God;…