Richard Dawkins Proves God Exists - by Mistake
Devotees of evolutionary dogma face a problem as it’s widely accepted neither the time the universe has existed (let’s just use 15 billion years) nor the amount of matter in the universe allow for random mutations to produce what surrounds us. So what’s a disciple of evolution to do? Declare the non-randomness of evolution, as atheist Richard Dawkins does — only one teeny tiny problem, which we’ll get to after the quote.
You often find people who say, well, evolution is a theory of chance, in the absence of a designer. If it really were a theory of chance, of course they would be right to dismiss it as nonsense. No chance process could give rise to the prodigy of organized complexity that is the living world. But it’s not random chance. Natural selection is the exact opposite of a chance process.
Dawkins states evolution isn’t a random, chance process — in other words it contains information. And information is non-random and (gasp!) designed. For example, if a computer programmer only bangs on the keyboard randomly, no program would ever exist. But by non-random inputs of information, the programmer creates computer software.
But in Dawkins’ alternate universe, he wants the non-random input created by … nothing — since in Dawkins’ worldview he boldly proclaims no God exists (an absurd and illogical premise by itself, for the atheist can’t say no God exists unless he has all knowledge — atheism being illogical and trapped in its own absurdity).
Either evolution follows random chance occurrences (in which case Dawkins admits it’s absurd), or it’s non-random which implies a designer — some outside force pushing it along. You can call it god, the “force”, or whatever you want, but Richard Dawkins admits something designed life. You can’t have it both ways, Mr. Dawkins. Either evolution is random (and thus absurd), or it’s not and some “god” designed and guided it. Which is it?
We don’t think Dawkins meant to admit the existence of God in his interview, but he did.
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All this post has done is demonstrate that YOU do not understand evolution rather than demonstrate that Dawkins has proved the existence of god.
Let’s examine the quote again:
“If it really was a theory of chance… then they would be right.” But evolution is NOT a theory of chance. It is not a 747 being made from junk by a hurricane. It is the NON-RANDOM selection of heredity traits, and that is what Dawkins was saying. I fail to understand how this is difficult to understand! It is such a simple idea- yet people like you seem to almost deliberately misunderstand the entire concept behind evolution and then try to prove a point from what is a straw man argument.
I have three possible theories:
1) Either you just haven’t bothered to try to understand evolution, but are using what other religious people have told you - taking it on faith as it were!
2) You have explored the basic theory, but are too stupid to understand something that I have successfully taught to a 5 year old.
or
3) (and to be honest - this is the one I think is correct) You do in fact understand evolutionary theory, and are deliberately twisting quotes, and formulating straw-man arguments in order to further your own agenda. I think that this one must be correct as surely no-one would blog about something without at least reading up BOTH sides of an argument? Would they? Only an idiot would do that - and I’m hoping that you are not an idiot. Maybe just a little misguided?
Actually - there’s a fourth. Maybe I’ve just been Poe’d? In which case well done! You got me! Arrg! (really hope I have been, but if not I apologise for the tone - but I’m fed up of reading how evolution cannot be true because it is a theory of random chance; which is the exact opposite of what evolution is…)