Saturday, September 29, 2012
Week 6 ; Ch.2 #2
Dawkins claims that evolution and a belief in God are incompatible. Evolution is the process of how things in this world became the way it is now with little changes as generations pass. When someone believes in God, that means they believe that God is the one that created this earth and everyone in it. If someone believes in evolution, they can't possibly believe in God as well because both ideas contradict each other. Aquinas writes about how the existence of God can be proved in five ways. These five ways are: the argument from motion, nature of the efficient cause, possibility and necessity, gradation to be found in things, and governance of the world. Dawkins on the other hand says that Aquinas's first three points mean the same thing, but is written differently, so he brings out his own ideas on how the existence of God is incompatible with the belief in evolution. If Aquinas was alive today, I think he wouldn't agree with what Dawkins believes in, and would say that it's not proof at all, that it's only his own opinion and beliefs, not evidence.
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Hi there! I really enjoyed reading your post. It was really pleasant to read an entry about these arguments that was not filled with personal opinions (since this is a sensitive topic to some people). You gave us what the book said and answered the questions rather then continuing Dawkin and Aquinas arguments about God verses evolution. I agree with you that it is difficult to take both topics and believe in them completely and to still believe in both. I know some people choose to interpret religious “proofs” and believe in science overall, but committing to one or the other is the usual route. Mostly due to the face that both topics do not intertwine well at all.
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