nature to an intelligent designer.
Paley went further than Bacon, though, by discussing natures purpose and by
moving from purpose to a personal designer and thus to a personal God. He
rejected randomness in nature as well as the
Process
The central argument of the theory of natural selection is
summarized by Darwin in The Origin of Species as follows:
As more individuals are produced than can possibly survive,
there must in every case be a struggle for
Darwin's
Discovery: Design without Designer
The Theology of Creation
Natural
Selection as a Directive Process
Gods Providence and Quantum
Mechanics
The Anthropic Principle and Creation
Theology
defended with
metaphysical arguments. Dawkins doesnt
provide such arguments. And neither does
anyone else in the movie.
Now even without argument, it is clear by inspection that
atheism must entail evolution: for anyone who
Neil A., ed. God and Design: The Teleological
Argument and Modern Science . New York: Routledge, 2003.
Matthews, Clifford N. et al., editors. When Worlds
Converge: What Science and Religion Tell Us about the Story of the Universe
Needed as the Cosmic
Designer?
The Argument from
Design
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