In discussing the theory of evolution, I have often mentioned the fact that processes of organic evolution are all random events.   Contrary to the idea of a Creator who designed the cosmos, evolution is squarely based on chance.  However, I have been taken to task for this assertion.  The objection I have heard is this:  Natural Selection is not a random process.  This is the position of noted scientist (and atheist) Richard Dawkins.  Dawkins asserts that natural selection is a “non-random force.”  He says there is an inherent determinism in natural selection.  Multitudes of generations of genetic selection have caused the inevitable survivability of a species.  There is a natural design and order in this process.  My question is this:  Is natural selection, and thus Darwinian evolution itself, something that is deterministic and non-random or is it truly random? Continue reading →