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Mysterious New Religion?
You would hardly think of udogma ,u ufaith," udoctrines,u and
umysteries" as being the language
of
evolutionists. But far
from being uncommon, such mysterious and religious-sounding
words are to be found throughout evolutionary thought, show–
ing evolution to be more a new religion than a provable
science.
by
Garner Ted A rmstrong
E
VOLUTION
is a modero religion.
To spcak of it doubtfully, or
to challenge its authcnticity is a
kind of sacrilegious, scicntific blasphcmy,
calling clown the wrath of its dcvotcd
followers on thc: hcad of thc unen–
líghtened doubter.
There is no quc:stíon about it - thcy
say. Evolut10n is to be treated with the
awe and respect of devotion to an
ab.so·
l11te
-
a
LA\X,
as it werc, wh1ch many
evolutíonists devotedly follow - a dog–
matic, absolutist assertion of faith.
Smashing the Ido!
In p.tst years, wc havc continually ex·
posed this falsc rdigion for what it is.
We have shown its vast flaws, carclcssly
assmned hypothescs, missing evidcncc,
irrational approaches, anJ its uttcr chal-
Jenge to human credibi líty. And in so
doing, we have somctimcs inrurred thc
wrath and displeasure of sorne fcw dc–
fcnders of thc faith.
The modero Dagon demands dcvo–
tioo. To doubt
it
is a typc of s::ientdic
heresy.
Besídes those who dogmatically asscrt
the "truth" of evo)ution, and who say
there are
no
other altematit·e.r.
there are
many Jaymen who believe they can
reconcile
evolution
tuth
thc Bibk·, and
religíon. "Theistic
evolutioni~ts,"
thcy
may be called.
But despite the protcsts of those who
fecl they can rcconcile evolutionary
thought with their religious conccpts -
this article will point out thc very au·
thorities they cite
DG> NOT
attempt any
such reconciliatioo. Thcy rcpeatcdly
state quite the contrary; that the two
( rcligion and evolution) are utterlr ir·
rcconci lable!
Do you doubt that evolution is a reli–
gion! Do you doubt that it utilizes
faith, dogma, and bclief in a vague, an–
cient '·bcginning" which sounds like a
statcmcnt of religious belief? Then
pl<:asc allow somc of the earlie r "defen–
ders of the faith" - the most eminent
cvolutionists of all - to set your doubts
at rcst.
Writes Thornwell Jacobs, in his book
The Nell' Scienre ami the Old
R.eli,~io n:
"Master minds from all fields of dis–
covcry ... are
fii/Íted in their confe.ssion
of faith
which is ernbraced in that su–
perb generalization called 'evolution'"
(cmphasís mine throughout).
But not only do evolutíonists spea.k
of dogma, doctrines aod faíth - they
also urge upon the uoenlightened stu·
dcnt of thcir faith various subtle forms
of intellectual pressure - inferring that
thosc who would venturc to doubt
are
incapablc of rational thought.
"Thc fact rcmains that among the
prescnt gen<:ration
no inf onned
perro//
enterlflin.s
rmy
do11bt
of the validity of
th<: cvolution theory in thc scnsc that