How I came to believe (Introduction)

by dhw, Wednesday, October 07, 2015, 19:21 (3334 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: ...yet again here is Darwin's conclusion, taken from my edition of Origin: “There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or one.” Please explain your objections to this.
DAVID: Why do some of the editions contain the phrase you quote? Did Darwin vacillate in his opinion about God
dhw: I can't read Darwin's mind. ....Now, will you please tell me your objections to his conclusion. If you have none, will you please join me in agreeing that it is wrong to misrepresent Darwin's theory of evolution as “atheism's creation myth”.
-DAVID: Simple. Tony views evolution as God's individual creations. I view evolution as a theistic form of creation. The author is in the same mind-set in viewing evolution. Darwin's unproven, non-workable theory only provides for an explanation of the appearance of common descent, which from body forms (phenotypes) looks valid. However, one of the major problems is trying to make a bush of life from genetic studies and it doesn't really work very well. Research is not complete, but there are enormous unexplained skips and jumps, suggesting guidance: [...]-I am aware of your view and Tony's view of evolution, and of the difficulties of making a bush and of the enormous skips and jumps (some of which also bothered Darwin), and I expressed my admiration for the article you presented to us, apart from one small criticism: “It's a pity he talks about "Darwin's theory of biological origins" as "atheism's creation myth", when he must know that Darwin's theory of evolution does not cover creation.”-May I now take it that you are happy with Darwin's conclusion that the Creator originally breathed life into a few forms or one, and may I ask whether you agree with me that it is wrong for both atheists and anti-Darwin theists to misrepresent Darwin's theory of evolution as “atheism's creation myth”?