[__ Science __ ] Darwinism said "We don't even need the concept of a personal creator God"?

[TonyChanYT]

Oxford, Darwinism:

The theory that living things evolve by natural selection, developed by Charles Darwin in the 19th century.

Darwinism is a scientific theory, not a philosophical one.

Josh McDowell said:

And then at the beginning of the previous century, on the scene came Darwinism. … I tried to choose my words very carefully, Darwinism said "We don't even need the concept of a personal creator God"

He didn't choose his words carefully enough. Darwinism says no such thing.

With that, the concept of a personal creator God ... fell off the video screen and left humanity created humanity.

That's not logically or scientifically followed from Darwinism. That's a misapplication of the biological theory of Darwinism.

Darwin did not explicitly declare that a personal creator God was unnecessary. When Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, he was still influenced by deistic ideas and included references to a "Creator" in his work

Prof Denis O. Lamoureux:

Regrettably, both secularists and numerous evangelical Christians have painted a dark and sinister picture of the religious implications of Charles Darwin’s theory of biological evolution. This has led to a cultural myth that sees him as one of the modern apostles of unbelief. However, the primary historical literature reveals that Darwin was thinking theologically throughout his career and that his reflections were sophisticated. In particular, he dealt with the religious themes of intelligent design in nature, the problem of pain, and Divine sovereignty over the world. Theological insights from Charles Darwin are valuable in understanding the challenges that biological evolution presents to religion.

Darwinism offers a scientific framework for understanding biological diversity without invoking divine intervention in the process of evolution. However, it does not explicitly make metaphysical claims about the existence or nonexistence of God.

Does Darwinism logically imply there is no God?

No.

Does Darwinism logically imply that God does not play a role in evolution?

No. Darwinism is a biological theory. God is a metaphysical concept. Darwinism cannot imply God one way or the other. Scientists and Christian apologists alike misapply Darwinism to prove their points.

 

[Who Me]

Darwin may not have said' we don't need a personal God.' but he certainly understood Christianity and did not believe it.
" Just how profoundly he came to reject God is evident from this private message to his family, penned late in life and intended to be read after his death: “I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true; for if so the plain language of the text seems to show that the men who do not believe, and this would include my father, brother and almost all my best friends, will be everlastingly punished. And this is a damnable doctrine.” Apparently, he understood the New Testament doctrine of salvation through the substitutionary death of Christ but did not believe it."
from https://answersingenesis.org/charles-darwin/biography/darwins-personal-struggle-with-evil/