The idea that evolution and a belief in God are compatible is not true to Dawkins ideas. He refutes the first three claims made by Aquinas because they all arrive at the same issue, who started it? God, God is the one who made the first move, God is the one who caused everything, and God is the one who brought everything into existence according to Aquinas’ first three proofs. However, the claims do not address who or what created God. According to Dawkins, “They, [the proofs], make the entirely unwarranted assumption that God himself is immune to the regress.”
The final proof is also challenged by Charles Darwin’s ideas of evolution through natural selection; this rules out the idea that “nothing that we know looks designed unless it is designed” [by God].
I believe if Aquinas were still alive today, his beliefs might be different. With Darwin’s findings and publications, Aquinas might reconsider his “proofs”. I believe Dawkins argument is stronger than Aquinas, but that is strongly influenced by my non-religious upbringing and my education in a public school system.
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