Are Richard Dawkins beliefs evolving toward Deism?
In his book “The God Delusion” Richard Dawkins stated that “Creative intelligences, being evolved, necessarily arrive later in the universe and therefore cannot be responsible for designing it.” 3 That is, he does not believe in a creator God. Some commentators have cited this and other passages in Dawkins’ writings to assert that he is a strong Atheist: a person who absolutely denies the existence of God. During In 2005 an Internet site “Edge: The World Question Centre” asked some leading scientists: “What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?” Richard Dawkins responded: “I believe that all life, all intelligence, all creativity and all ‘design’ anywhere in the universe, is the direct or indirect product of Darwinian natural selection. It follows that design comes late in the universe, after a period of Darwinian evolution. Design cannot precede evolution and therefore cannot underlie the universe.” 4 Since he admits that he cannot prove that no creator God existed,
