If Darwin has really killed God, when was the funeral?

A debate between believers and non-believers in Westminster Abbey was entertaining, but failed to change anyone's mindLast night in Westminster Abbey, just yards from the final resting place of Charles Darwin, two believers and two atheists slugged it out before the altar.On the side of the atheists were Steve Jones, professor of genetics at University College London, and Nancy Rothwell, a professor at the faculty of life sciences, University of Manchester. On the side of the angels were the broadcaster and fertility expert Robert Winston, professor of science and society at Imperial College, London, and Denis Alexander, director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion.They were debating the question "Did Darwin kill God?" at a sell-out event organised by the theology think tank Theos. God himself appeared to intervene early in the debate by muting Professor Jones's microphone and preventing anyone from hearing what he had to say, but...

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