RE: Your Views on Dawkins?
December 18, 2012 at 1:11 pm
(This post was last modified: December 18, 2012 at 1:25 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(December 18, 2012 at 2:25 am)clemdog14 Wrote: Here is one of the problems from God Delusion. Dawkins incorrectly assumes that one should accept unguided Darwinian evolution over the existence of God.
For starters, that's a conclusion, not an assumption.
(December 18, 2012 at 2:25 am)clemdog14 Wrote: The kicker is that even though he states both are exceedingly improbable, he still concedes that we should accept the former based on that its the "best explanation."
I admit that it's been awhile since I read the book, but I think that Dawkins' thinking evolution is exceedingly improbable is a misinterpretation.
(December 18, 2012 at 2:25 am)clemdog14 Wrote: This does not follow.[/quote}
I strongly suspect that if his position was reported accurately, it would.
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Here is my source:
Shouldn't your source be Dawkins, rather than Platinga's interpretation of Dawkins?
(December 18, 2012 at 4:35 am)Aractus Wrote: My point is that we don't have the argument that God doesn't exist because we believe in gravity, so why do it with evolution?
Because creationists don't insist that theistic gravitation be taught in our public schools.