>> I'm like to have a small collection of "Evolutionism quotes"
>> from the popular literature -- quotes along these lines:
>> -Evolution proves there is no creator;
>> -Evolution proves that human existence has no purpose;
>> -Evolution proves that there is no absolute morality.
>> I've read quite a number of such quotes throughout the years (quite a few
>> quoted on this reflector), but I only know the exact location of a few of
>> them. If you happen to know the exact author, book or article, and page
>> number of one or more, could you please e-mail them to me? It would be
>> very helpful!
I've read a number of quotes, particularly by Stephen Gould, talking
about how evolution is an undirected process, that if we replayed the
tape things would happen very differently, etc.
Richard Dawkins at the start of "The Blind Watchmaker" says that Darwin
made it possible to be an "intellectually fulfilled" atheist, to have a
plausible alternative to the existence of God.
However I've never seen anyone say that evolution "proves" any of the
things you list above. The attitude is more that evolution renders God
unnecessary to explain the complexity of life, and hence, by Occam's
Razor, God can be assumed to not exist.
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