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EVOLUTION.. .
Mysterious New Religion?
evolution has occurred ... Evolution as
an historical fat.t is established as thor–
oughly as science can establish a fact
witnessed by no human eye" (Theo–
dosius Dobzhansky,
Genetic.r and the
Origin
of Speries,
p.
8) .
Another writer speaks of the gualifi–
cations for intellectual competency:
"We do not know any
competent
natu–
ralist who has any hesitation in accept–
ing the
gmeral doctrine
.. .
no one has
any hesitation in regard to that fact"
(J.
Arthur Thompson,
Conceming Evolu–
tion,
p.
53).
Another speaks of the large
nttmbers
of adherents to the doctrines of evolu–
tion, thus using the comrnonplace argu–
ment "everybody's doing it."
"Scientists
1he world ovet· agree
that the validity of
the principie [of evolution] has been
amply demonstrated . . . Let us rest as–
surcd that the truth of evolution is
demonstrated" (H. H. Newmao,
The
Natttre
of
!he
JIY
orld
tmd
of
Man,
p.
381).
Another cites educatioo and culture:
"Evolution is now an integral part of all
general education and culture. To sup–
pose that it may someday be abandoned
is to live in intellectual barbarism."
"Intellectual barbarism"?
But just who, then, among the land
of the living or dead, is included in the
unenlighteoed realm of intellectual bar–
barity?
It
may be admired as forceful preach–
ing to inveigh against all believers in
God, the Bible account of creation,
and the hereafter as intellectual barbar–
ians- but forceful though this type
preaching might be, it still smacks of
"protesting overmuch," leading one to
ponder whether the evolutionists would
just as soon laymen didn't bother them–
selves about investigating the theory in
the first place.
But
1/Jhy?
If
)'Otl
are the end result of such
enormous changes over such incom–
prehensible periods of time, if
YOU
are tbe
proudest accomplishment of
blind and chance processes, shouldn't
Tbe
PLAlN TRUTH
you
wonder
about
WHAT
you are,
WHY
you are here,
WHERE
you ca.me from,
and
WHERE
you are going?
The N EW Dark Ages?
Most laymen can recall, from high
school history, various religions which
have insisted the understanding of the
"mysteries" of the faith were to
be 1eft to the paid professionals - it
was not the lot of the worshippers to
question, to wonder. It was theirs to ac–
cept the preachments, and obey.
Looking back on such medieval prac–
tices, we can only
be
the more thankful
for our freedoms of choice, today. But
to draw an obvious comparison - it
seems sorne proponents of evolution
would prefer the average laymen simply
left all thougbts concerniog the validity
of tbe theory to the professionals.
Many scientists have been quick to
point out tbe practice of sorne theo–
logians to leave the deep religious mat–
ters to the professionals - the men of
the cloth. It was not for the layman to
bother his head about God, angels and
the location of hell, it seemed.
And so evolutionists seem to enjoin
today, "Don't bother your uninformed
l ittle head about aH the seemingly im–
possible 'leaps,' conflicting information,
chaotic disarray, lack of proof, nliSsmg
links, unobserved phenomena or un–
answerable mysteries."
"Surely" tbey would seem to intone,
"the ways of evolutionary origins are
mysterious, and past finding out."
"Yea," they seem to preach, "eye hath
not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it
entered into the mind of man the mar–
velous miracles and chance occurrences
which contriveth to bring about our
being."
And it becomes an
emotional
issue
with sorne, too. Some few defenders of
the faith have displayed a certain ten–
derness to criticism - perhaps even a
lack of a proper amount of faith in
their own theories. From time to time
one invites me to "stick to reügion" and
leave evolution alone.
But evolutionists have never proved
especially bashful (as we shall see dem–
onstrated in this artide) when treating
the Biblical account of creation and
God Himself with something less than
respect. So
it
seems a pity sorne few
February, 1970
cannot accept objective criticism in their
own oft-stated "spi rit of science."
After al!, avowed evolutionists say to
you,
JF
you are to accept their theories,
you
HAVE NO
Gon. Your belief in any
Creator Being is regarded as belonging
to that dark era of ancient times of
superstition, witchcraft, and voodoo.
If
the evolutionists' argumeots are
true, then you have no spiritual makeup,
no life after death, and no hope beyond
this temporal physical existence,
AND
YOU HAVE NO MORAL GUIDE FOR
HUMAN CONDUCT!
If
evolutionists be correct, then you
have no reason for controlling human
impulses short of those penalties still
imposed by an ever-changing society.
Sorne few (by no means all) evolu–
tionists resent being challenged in their
beliefs. But do they expect the layman
to remain placidly uninvolved aod dis–
interested when they sweep aside, with
one pedantic and impatient gesture, the
whole history of the Western world, the
invention of printing, the founding
faitb of our forebears, the beginning
roots of our civilization, and the basis
for our freedoms?
No -
eve1·y
human being should
very
careftdly
look into
BOTH
evolution
AND
the Bible - whether evolution–
ists feel the average human being is
entitled to an opinion or not. After all,
it's
your
life.
Strangely, we live in a world where
laws exist to punish one man for slan–
dering another, but where are the
laws governing slandering the high
o.ffice of the Creator God? While
it is well and good we stili recognize the
right of free expression, and that at
least sorne humans have learned how to
disagree without being disagreeable, it
seems many have nothing but utter con–
tempt for their (reator - this
ex–
pressed in the manner in which they live
their lives, their profanities and curses,
and even the most direct forms of ridi–
culing the belief in God.
A Built-in Bias?
Is there some strange compulsion in
human nature which seems to make it
AUTOMATICALLY
hostile to God? ls
there sorne
bttilt-in
antisupernaturalístic
bias in man?
Listen to these choice statements
from some of the Jeading evolutionists