Evolution

[Mister Agenda]

Why do Atheist believe evolution cancels out creationism?

You shouldn't capitalize atheist unless it is at the beginning of a sentence or part of an official name, like the Atheist Council on Fallacy Management. You shouldn't capitalize theist under the exact same rule.

Atheists don't necessarily believe evolution cancels out creationism. An atheist could believe in a form of creationism that doesn't involve any supernatural deities, although I imagine such are rare (but not rare enough: Raellians). Evolution does rule out a lot of mythological explanations for the variety of living species if you regard science as more germaine to the question than ancient literature.That's science though, not atheism. There are plenty of theists who accept evolution as the most likely explanation for biological diversity on Earth.

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If I wanted a lesson about God I would speak to a theologian and not an evolutionary biologist. I suspect you don't follow your own advice on this matter...What gives Dawkins any authority to speak about God?

Where God is offered as an explanation for the origin and diversity of life, Dawkins is quite qualified to offer an opinion on how that explanation compares to the scientific ones.

One doesn't need authority to be qualified to discuss a matter, merely the necessary information to form and defend a cogent opinion.

I would be very interested in hearing any information you may be in possession of that would logically require Dawkins to re-evaluate his position on the matter. If you don't have such information, what gives you 'authority' to judge Dawkins as lacking authority to speak about God?