Arguments against Dawkins' Naturalism

Dawkins contradicts himself about evil's existence

• Dawkins dismisses goodness and evil altogether as they make no sense in a universe of selfish genes and electrons, but goes on to describe religion as evil
• He places the blame on religion for creating all the world's evils, but where does evil come from, given Dawkins' worldview?
• Alvin Plantinga elaborates on the idea that you cannot claim naturalism to be true if evil exists
• Despite Dawkins' denial of evil and goodness, he is inconsistent in his charge that religion is evil; he slips back and forth between denying good and evil and calling religion itself evil

Dawkin's naturalism undermines moral responsibility

• The 'genes make you do what you do' slogan is repeatedly affirmed by Dawkins, but our law courts and prison systems assume the reality of personal moral responsibility - you cannot explain to…