I am not looking for debate here, but am presenting these items so that you all may think a thing or two.
Ruse, Michael, “Saving Darwinism from the Darwinians,” National Post (May
13, 2000), p. B-3.
Lewontin, Richard, Review of The Demon-Haunted World, by Carl Sagan. In
New York Review of Books, January 9, 1997.
Bowler, Peter J., Review of In Search of Deep Time by Henry Gee (Free Press,
1999), American Scientist (vol. 88, March/April 2000), p. 169.
Singham, Mark, “Teaching and Propaganda,” Physics Today (vol. 53, June
2000), p. 54.
Huxley, Julian, Essays of a Humanist (New York: Harper and ‘Row, 1964),
p. 125.
Ibid., p. 222.
Ibid.
Midgley, Mary [former Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK], "The Religion of Evolution," in Durant J., ed., "Darwinism and Divinity: Essays on Evolution and Religious Belief," Basil Blackwell: Oxford UK, 1985, p.154.
Grasse, Pierre-P., [editor of the 28-volume "Traite de Zoologie", former Chair of Evolution, Sorbonne University and ex-president of the French Academie des Sciences], "Evolution of Living Organisms Evidence for a New Theory of Transformation", [1973], Academic Press: New York NY, 1977, p.107
And on and on. I was just looking some stuff up about what evolutionists say about evolution and found these, and dozens more. Found it quite interesting.........
Ruse, Michael, “Saving Darwinism from the Darwinians,” National Post (May
13, 2000), p. B-3.
Evolution is promoted by its practitioners as more than mere science. Evolution
is promulgated as an ideology, a secular religion—a full-fledged alternative to
Christianity, with meaning and morality. . . . Evolution is a religion. This was
true of evolution in the beginning, and it is true of evolution still today.
is promulgated as an ideology, a secular religion—a full-fledged alternative to
Christianity, with meaning and morality. . . . Evolution is a religion. This was
true of evolution in the beginning, and it is true of evolution still today.
New York Review of Books, January 9, 1997.
We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its
constructs, . . . in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated
commitment to materialism. . . . we are forced by our a priori
adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and set of
concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counterintuitive, no
matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is
absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door.
constructs, . . . in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated
commitment to materialism. . . . we are forced by our a priori
adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and set of
concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counterintuitive, no
matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is
absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door.
Bowler, Peter J., Review of In Search of Deep Time by Henry Gee (Free Press,
1999), American Scientist (vol. 88, March/April 2000), p. 169.
We cannot identify ancestors or “missing links,” and we cannot devise testable theories to explain how particular episodes of evolution came about. Gee is
adamant that all the popular stories about how the first amphibians conquered the
dry land, how the birds developed wings and feathers for flying, how the dinosaurs
went extinct, and how humans evolved from apes are just products of our
imagination, driven by prejudices and preconceptions
adamant that all the popular stories about how the first amphibians conquered the
dry land, how the birds developed wings and feathers for flying, how the dinosaurs
went extinct, and how humans evolved from apes are just products of our
imagination, driven by prejudices and preconceptions
2000), p. 54.
And I use that trust to effectively brainwash them. . . . our teaching methods are
primarily those of propaganda. We appeal—without demonstration—to evidence
that supports our position. We only introduce arguments and evidence that
supports the currently accepted theories and omit or gloss over any evidence to
the contrary.
primarily those of propaganda. We appeal—without demonstration—to evidence
that supports our position. We only introduce arguments and evidence that
supports the currently accepted theories and omit or gloss over any evidence to
the contrary.
p. 125.
Evolution . . . is the most powerful and the most comprehensive idea that has ever
arisen on earth.
arisen on earth.
We must change our pattern of religious
thought from a God-centered to an evolution-centered pattern.
thought from a God-centered to an evolution-centered pattern.
The God hypothesis . . . is becoming an intellectual and moral burden on our
thought. We must construct something to take its place.
thought. We must construct something to take its place.
Evolution is the creation-myth of our age. By telling us our origin it shapes our views of what we are. It influences not just our thought, but our feelings and actions too, in a way which goes far beyond its official function as a biological theory.
Directed by all-powerful selection, chance becomes a sort of providence, which, under the cover of atheism, is not named but which is secretly worshipped...To insist, even with Olympian assurance, that life appeared quite by chance and evolved in this fashion, is an unfounded supposition which I believe to be wrong and not in accordance with the facts.
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