I'm surprised no one in this thread, or the previous one as far as I can see, has brought up Richard Dawkins on the connection between Darwin's work and atheism. In a response to an article in the
Guardian in 2009, when Darwin was everywhere, he wrote ...
Dawkins writes:
Before Darwin came along, it was pretty difficult to be an atheist, at least to be an atheist free of nagging doubts. Darwin triumphantly made it EASY to be an intellectually fulfilled and satisfied atheist. That doesn't mean that understanding Darwin drives you inevitably to atheism. But it certainly constitutes a giant step in that direction.
So at least Dawkins seems to agree with Abe.
TTFN,
WK
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