So the other day I noticed that these odd ice crystals had formed on a staircase window in my house on a very cold day. In five years living here I had never seen it happen. Then while listening to a lecture by Adam Gopnik about winter and its mythologies, he explained that these formations once unleashed a fierce debate about the existence of God. Apparently such shapes only form on old style window glass (like the kind in my staircase) so they are becoming obsolete. In the 19th Century, Goethe and his gang had intense arguments about whether these beautiful patterns known to them as  eis blumen (ice flowers) were random occurrences or part of a larger plan —  evidence of God's hand in the universe or proof of God's absence. I don't have a strong opinion either way but do find it odd that a day after discovering the existence of this phenomenon I was delivered  its explanation and significance. It may not convince me of the existence of God but It does reaffirm my faith in the CBC.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2398928935