Richard Dawkins presented a lecture on his book The God Delusion at Randolph-Macon Women's College. Dawkins is a major figure in evolutionary biology. His studies in zoology made him conclude that God cannot exist. The lecture afterwards had students come and ask questions. One student asked if Richard Dawkins could be wrong. Dawkins responds that your religious beliefs depend on the culture in which you were born. If a person was born in Europe, they most likely would be Christian. If a person was born in West Asia they would probably be Muslim. A combination of history, sociology, and culture explain these convictions. The theory of evolution is working off a fossil record. Religion operates on a person's faith. Religion does not require a system of verification. The scientific method has to be used to discover facts. God as theist state exists, but do not provide evidence. Science has to provide data, observations, and experiments that have to be replicated. Faith is not evidence of the existence of a God. When debating this topic, it favors evolutionary biology. God does not explain why there are so many life forms or why certain organisms go extinct. A God cannot be detected. Genetics, paleontology, and biological research demonstrate evolution explains life on Earth.
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