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A recently-unearthed conversation between ‘celebrity atheists’ Richard Dawkins and Ricky Gervais, while appearing in a church in 2012, still resonates today. It contains a strong message to theistic evolutionists and others who might view evolution and its long-age timeline as harmless to Christianity. (Not that Dawkins/Gervais were addressing them specifically.)

During the course of their chat, Dawkins made the “bombshell confession” (as the Daily Express described it): “Oh I would probably believe in God if I were pre-Darwin.” I.e., if he was living before Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution in 1859. And Gervais quipped, “Oh yeah, it’s good that we were born after they discovered fossils and dinosaurs isn’t it?”

• Hammond, C., Richard Dawkins admitted ONE thing would make him believe in God; express.co.uk, 5 Aug 2020.