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Darwinism and atheism: A Marriage made in Heaven?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2009

Michael Ruse
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Abstract

Richard Dawkins argues both that Darwin's theory made a God-as-the-designer-of-species redundant, and also that the problem of evil provides overwhelming evidence against God's existence. But Michael Ruse suspects Dawkins may be too hasty…

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 2 , Issue 6 , Spring 2004 , pp. 51 - 62
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2004

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