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What if Darwin Was Wrong?

What if Darwin was wrong? Would it matter for the God argument? No, it would not matter one whit. In the latest latest installment of The Atheist Experience (24.20, May 17, 2020), Jenna Belk and Anthony Magnabosco (the "street epistemologist") argued with a theist who claimed to be an expert in -- and a debunker of -- the theory of evolution. The three of them wasted precious time arguing over how one qualifies as such an expert. *Big Yawn* Who cares? The reason it doesn't matter is that evolutionary theory is irrelevant to the God question. If Darwinist theory were to fail tomorrow because of palpably conflicting fossil evidence, that could not resurrect God as an explanation of the origin of species (or of life). It would simply mean that the naturalists would have to look for a new theory. This sort of thing has happened throughout the history of science. It would indeed be a big setback for biologists and related scientists -- given that evolutionary theory has b