justinbrierley
February 13th 2009, 07:52 PM
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Not very romantic for Valentine's day, but the bicentenary of Darwin's birth couldn't go unmarked on Unbelievable.
Listen to the show here at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable (available from 3pm on 14th Feb)
So, Darwin never declared himself an atheist. Would he be one today? Dawkins thinks he would but I don't think so.
Listening to Nick Spencer explain why he never took the step into atheism, it came across to me that Darwin may have lost faith in the Christian God as his theory led to the loss of belief in special creation, but he still couldn't deny the universe itself required explanation, just as other famous scientists e.g. Einstein, Hawking etc. Maybe those who appreciate the cosmos as well as biology are in a better position to judge whether God is a going concern.
Not very romantic for Valentine's day, but the bicentenary of Darwin's birth couldn't go unmarked on Unbelievable.
Listen to the show here at www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable (available from 3pm on 14th Feb)
So, Darwin never declared himself an atheist. Would he be one today? Dawkins thinks he would but I don't think so.
Listening to Nick Spencer explain why he never took the step into atheism, it came across to me that Darwin may have lost faith in the Christian God as his theory led to the loss of belief in special creation, but he still couldn't deny the universe itself required explanation, just as other famous scientists e.g. Einstein, Hawking etc. Maybe those who appreciate the cosmos as well as biology are in a better position to judge whether God is a going concern.