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Originally Posted by Glenzig
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Christopher Hitchens actually explained very well that theistic evolution is not a plausible theory. That leaves you with having to account for the origin of life by purely physical self starting means, which cannot be done.
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I think he called this the "infinite regression" argument, to which there hasn't ever been a solid refutation.
Something to keep in mind though is that even the most staunch, militant atheists or anti-theists aren't actually making any absolutist truth-claims like "god does not exist" or "evolution is true", they're just simply declining to believe in any sort of divine entity or supernatural realm. It's about having a healthy amount of skepticism and doubt rather than proving something is or isn't true.
I didn't actually read this thread but on the first page someone referred to atheism as its own religion or something to that effect, and this is probably more true than most self-proclaimed atheists would like to think. I think Noam Chomsky put it fairly accurately when he said, in a way, people like Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and Hitchens are religious fanatics in their own regard. Hitchens a devoted follower of statism, Dawkins of evolutionism, and so forth.
Personally, I wouldn't say unbelief can be equated with religious fanaticism, but I get his point.