Why an Atheist Thinks the Shroud of Turin is the Real Deal

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin (1809-1902), more than anyone before him and since, has shaped what has become, particularly in the first decade of the 21st century, a significant debate about the existence of God. His two works, The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man seemed to many people to remove the need for God in the creation of the world, mankind and all living things. Evolution completely contradicted a severely-literal interpretation of the biblical story of creation. How can you accept that God was responsible for the "creation of every living creature that moves, of every kind . . ." and man and woman distinctly as such in his image, by the sixth day no less. “Darwin made it possible,” said Dawkins, “to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist.”