Re: [asa] "I have yet to hear a coherent argument from a "theistic evolutionist" as to why."

On 10/17/06, George Murphy <gmurphy@raex.com> wrote:

> 3) I think that Dawkins' statement - or at least the one I recall - was
> that Darwinism "made it possible for a person to be an intellectually
> fulfilled atheist." That is considerably weaker than the claim that it
> "creates a truly fulfilled atheism."
>

That's my recollection also. Dawkins is trying to dodge the claim that
Christianity provides meaning and purpose in life. There's a key
adverb here: intellectually. So, yes, Darwinism does make Atheism more
tenable intellectually as there is now a rational explanation of the
Universe without God. I deny that Darwinism necessarily leads to
Atheism, however. Darwinism provides a kind of fulfillment but it is
not the kind of fulfillment that Christians understand. Because of
this, if Atheistic Darwinism is true then the Existential Philosophers
are correct and philosophy collapses on one question. Suicide? Yes or
no.

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Received on Tue Oct 17 16:07:41 2006