Q&A: God Plays Dice
God Plays Dice
Question
On page 219 you write: "Dawkins assumes that God must be complex, since His complexity is a necessary conclusion from the complexity of His creation. This conclusion is based on begging the question, namely the assumption that creation by God is random and blind, as we explained above."
I understood the rest of the section except for the second sentence in the quotation.
What explanation above? What begging the question? I’d be happy for a little clarification.
Thanks.
Answer
The explanation above is that atheists assume blind creation, and when they attack the religious view they forget that it assumes the opposite. That is why they are begging the question. They assume that formation is blind and conclude that creation by God is impossible, and that only blind creation is possible.