In a public forum at Oxford University last week with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Richard Dawkins, described as “the most famous atheist in the world,” admitted that he’s not entirely sure God does not exist. The Archbishop Dr. Rowan Williams and Dawkins were participating in a series of discussions concerning the role of religion in public life in Britain, according to the Telegraph.
During a portion of the discussion, Dawkins and the Archbishop talked about the origins of life, where Dawkins said, “What I can’t understand is why you can’t see the extraordinary beauty of the idea that life started from nothing—that is such a staggering, elegant, beautiful thing, why would you want to clutter it up with something so messy as a God?” The Archbishop said he agreed with the notion that creation is a beautiful thing, but added that God was not just an “extra who you shoehorn on to that.”
Dawkins then admitted he was less than 100 percent sure there was no creator, saying he’d rather call himself an agnostic, although he did say “the probability of a supernatural creator existing is very very low.” See video of the discussion here. (Photo credit: Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com)
