| − | Charles Darwin rejected God as Creator and ''initiator'' of biological reality; and he rejected God as the source which caused the appearance of design seen in nature. Instead, Darwin proposed that a naturally occurring phenomenon ''(natural selection)'' was responsible for producing the appearance of design seen in nature. | + | Charles Darwin rejected God as Creator and ''initiator'' of biological reality; and he rejected God as the source of the appearance of design seen in nature. Instead, Darwin proposed that a naturally occurring phenomenon ''(natural selection)'' was responsible for producing the appearance of design seen in nature. |