To Richard Dawkins
Dear Richard, In The God Delusion you refute every reasoned argument that has been made for the existence of God, including creationism and intelligent design. However, I find two weak points in your argumentation: first in your discussion of the improbability of our universe, and second in your discussion of the emergence of consciousness. Here I will only talk about the first of these. Darwinians have demonstrated convincingly that once life (i.e. organic chemistry) got started on Earth, there is no need for God to explain any of the life forms that have since emerged (excepting consciousness, if this is considered to be a form of life). But how improbable was it that organic chemistry got started on Earth? Your answer is: yes, it was exceedingly improbable that organic chemistry got started on Earth. However, we know that our universe contains billions of billions of billions of planets where organic chemistry had a chance to get started, and so it is not at all improbab...