Bertrand Russell once pointed out that 'People are more unwilling to give up the word God than to give up the idea for which the word has hitherto stood'. Evolutionary theory may not persuade everyone to give up the word. However, to the extent that it encourages people to alter its meaning beyond recognition, it could be argued that God has nonetheless been a casualty of Darwin's theory.


(p. 136) - Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life: How Evolutionary Theory Undermines Everything You Think You Know (2010)

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Bertrand Russell once pointed out that 'People are more unwilling to give up the word God than to give up the idea for which the word has hitherto...

Bertrand Russell once pointed out that 'People are more unwilling to give up the word God than to give up the idea for which the word has hitherto...

Bertrand Russell once pointed out that 'People are more unwilling to give up the word God than to give up the idea for which the word has hitherto...

Bertrand Russell once pointed out that 'People are more unwilling to give up the word God than to give up the idea for which the word has hitherto...