Dawkins claims suggest that evolution and a belief in God are
incompatible. He also believes that Aquinas’ claims are little more than double
talk that dances around the same point. Although I can respect the depth of
Dawkins reasoning and the precision in which he tries to pick a part what
Aquinas had said centuries before, I can’t agree with him saying that evolution
and a belief in God are incompatible. I’ve never found it difficult to believe
in both God and evolution. I see how some people feel the need to choose one or
the other, but never quite understood why it wasn’t possible for both concepts
to exist together. Why not believe in a God who works through evolution and
science? If Aquinas had heard Dawkins argument, he would have likely quoted one
of his proofs and tried to debunk Dawkins line of reasoning. Nevertheless, I do
think that Aquinas and Dawkins both made the mistake of trying to use reason to
explain the existence of God. God is a matter of faith and faith isn’t always
rational.
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