[Thatcherite]

Evolution, on the other hand, makes a uniquely naturalistic perspective on reality . It says that reality is ONLY naturalistic.

Where does evolution say that? How is the way in which you claim evolution says this any different from, for example, atomic theory? Or any other scientific theory?

[xzins]

• From the Cambridge online dictionary:

  evolution Show phonetics noun [U]
  the way in which living things change and develop over millions of years, or a gradual process of change and development:
  Darwin's theory of evolution

• From the Merriam-Webster:

  4 a : the historical development of a biological group (as a race or species) : PHYLOGENY b : a theory that the various types of animals and plants have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive generations

• Richard Dawkins ("Evolution has made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist") or the late Carl Sagan, who, writing in the introduction of Stephen Hawkings book, A Brief History of Time, claimed naturalistic evolution leaves "nothing for a creator to do." Gould has proposed to substitute for Christianity and other religions, "a far more stately mansion for the human soul...."