Monday, December 05, 2005

Why the world appears to be designed

In the book, "The Blind Watchmaker," Dawkins ponders why it took so long for the idea of evolution to arise, why so many brilliant scientists and thinkers in various disciplines missed it, and why so many people today will not accept it. Dawkins makes the following statement:
"It is almost as if the human brain were specifically designed to misunderstand Darwinism, and to find it hard to believe." P. xi

Dawkins, of course, was not the first to make this observation:

"The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessess and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be know about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - has been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened."
Romans 1:18-21

Where Dawkins tries to explain why people reject a naturalistic explanation for the world, the apostle Paul explains why people reject a theistic explanation.

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