An Examination of McGrath Criticisms Levelled at Dawkins’ Atheistically Scientific (Evolutionary) View

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Alister McGrath criticizes atheistically evolutionary view of Richard Dawkins in natural sciences; and believes that the evidence that is put forward by Dawkins for explanation of his hypothesis, is not compatible with the result of his argument. Dawkins attacks against Christianity in four arguments, and believes that science has removed God and religion is against every kind of demonstration and acts as a virus for the mind. McGrath replies his criticisms and asserts that atheistic view of Dawkins has an untrue scientific mark and suffers from weakness in a demonstrational scientific that there is no relation between natural sciences and atheism. Natural sciences have neither atheistic nor theistic approaches, but it may be described in atheistic or theistic terms. In this paper, both views will be analyzed. Although McGrath's responses are valid, the scale of penetration of his criticisms in to Dawkin's claims will be examined.

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