> Dawkins writes, "Darwin made it possible
>to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist." If Darwinism requires intelligent
>direction, then Dawkins couldn't make that statement.
This assumes that Dawkins is a reliable source. Darwin provided a natural
explanation for a potentially vexing physical question, but there were
plenty of smart atheists before then. Conversely, other issues remained
unexplained. Also, neither Darwin nor Wallace were truly atheists, and a
prior proposal of natural selection was clearly theistic.
From a Christian viewpoint, wisdom and fulfillment would be defined
differently. The fool say in his heart "There is no God"; apart from Him,
intellect is mere knowledge whereas through Him we can approach what we
ought to be in our intellect and everything else.
David C.
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