Dawkins is such a pompous person.
Him, and others just won’t give up the idea that God doesn’t exist. What is in the life of the mind that has to have a non-existent God, anyway?
George Wald, Nobel laureate, in his famous statement(loosely quoted here) about “given enough time, the improbable becomes possible, and the possible becomes probable” was a statement which carried lots of “weight”...However, he goes on to say that he believes in evolution, even though he realizes it is “scientifically impossible” because he doesn’t believe God exists. These statements are on a website... Just search for “top 25 George Wald quotes” The intellectual arrogance of these men are the stakes which are being driven through their body and souls and are dooming them to a Godless eternity.
In Isaiah's time, a majority of Israelis ran after apostate Rabbis and Culture leaders who preferred the evolutionary worldview of Canaanite gods and goddesses who were really fallen powers. Left behind was a remnant who held fast to the God Who spoke creation and life into existence.
We can see the parallels between then and now.