EVOLUTION IS A RELIGION
Dr. Fred Miller
Evolution is a religion,
i.e., a system of faith in the doctrine of materialism for the atheists
and
humanists. There is no evidence anywhere in the world to support
evolution as a
science. To understand evolution as a religion one needs to simply read
the
comments of those who believe it.
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Charles Darwin
stated in his autobiography
that the Bible “was no more to be trusted than the sacred books of the
Hindoos
or the beliefs of any barbarian.” (pp. 85, 87)
Charles Darwin, “I was a
young man with unformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions,
wondering all
the time over everything and to my astonishment the ideas took like
wildfire.
People made a religion of them.” (William Federer, America’s
God and Country, 1996,
p.199.)
Thomas Huxley
said: “Evolution if consistently
accepted, makes it impossible to believe the
Bible.” (Samuel G Dawson, and Rod MacArthur, Handbook of Religious Quotations (HRQ), p.63.)
In 1893 Thomas Huxley wrote,
“… history records that whenever science and orthodoxy have been fairly
opposed, the latter has been forced to retire from the lists, bleeding
and
crushed if not annihilated; scotched, if not slain.”
Charles Lyell, the father of
geological uniformitarianism which is the bedrock of evolution, hated
the
literal interpretation of the book of Genesis and hoped to use his
uniformitarianism principle to drive men “out of the Mosaic record.
(Charles
Lyell, Life, Letters and Journals of Sir
Charles Lyell, 1, pp. 253,
256, 328.)
Aldous Huxley stated; “I had motives
for not wanting the world to have meaning…
The liberation we desired was from a certain system of morality.
We
objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual
freedom.” (.
Aldous Huxley Ends and Means, 1946,
p.70.)
Julian Huxley stated; “The sense of spiritual
relief which comes from rejecting the idea of God as a superhuman being
is
enormous.” (Julian Huxley, [grandson of Thomas Huxley] Essay of a
Humanist,
1966, p.223)
Julian Huxley stated: “
Dr. Michael Ross was one on
the main witnesses for the evolutionists in the 1981 federal court
trial in
Scott Todd stated; “Even if all the data
point to an intelligent designer, such an
hypothesis
is excluded from science because it is not naturalistic.” (Scott Todd,
immunologist at Kansas State University, correspondence to Nature,
Sept. 30,
1999, www.answersingenesis.prg/todd)
Kenneth Miller who is a
strong supporter of evolution and has appeared in courts defending the
idea
that evolution alone should be taught in schools and creation or
intelligent
design should not be allowed. He also fought against the idea of the
sticker
being inserted in textbooks suggesting evolution should be approached
with an
open mind. Miller is the author of one of the most common biology
textbooks
used in our high schools today. He also wrote “Finding Darwin’s God”.
He
concluded that book with the statement; “What kind of God do I believe
in? The
answer is in those words. I believe in
There are numerous other
quotes from many different people that support the belief that
evolution is a
religion. As we stated at the beginning of this article there is
absolutely no
proof of evolution. The evolutionists try to use simple genetics, which
they
renamed microevolution to support their beliefs. However,
microèvolution is
limited to the changes in the species and not changes of new genera or
species.
If you go back to the
promoters of evolution, Thomas Huxley and Charles Lyell it becomes
clear that
the concept of evolution was an ideal tool for them to use against
Christianity
and the Bible which they and most of the other early promoters hated.
It was
Huxley who believed and pushed the teaching of evolution in the public
schools.
That idea makes sense when one remembers that Adolf Hitler stated; “Let
me
control the textbooks and I will control the state.” This idea of using
the
textbooks is further confirmed by John J.Dunphy, who stated; “The
battle for
humankind’s future must be waged and won in the public school classroom
by
teachers who correctly perceive their role as proselytizers of a new
faith...
(that will replace) the rotting corpse of Christianity.” (John
J. Dunphy, The Humanists, Jan. 1983, p.26.)
As Christians we need to
realize that we are at war and need to put on the suit or armor given
us in
Ephesians 6 and stand fast against our enemy. There is no place for us
to
compromise and accept evolution as a science or the idea of theistic
evolution.
We must remember that with the so-called theistic evolution
that there was death before Adam. Therefore the wages of sin cannot be death and then Jesus did not have to come to pay for our sins. We need for the protection of our children and country to take a stand and have creation be allowed to be taught in public schools as evolution is taught. Reports tell us that 65 to 85percent of our youth stop going to church when they go to college, and many stop even while in high school.
We must
remember they are being taught that the Bible is wrong and God did not
create
the world or us.
The United States
Constitution’s First Amendment reads: Congress shall make no law
respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or
abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the
people
peaceably to assemble,, and to petition the
Government
for a redress of grievances. Thus we have not only the right, but the
duty to
protect our religious beliefs and what is being taught to our children.
Somehow
we need to get back into the courts and have them change and either
allow
creation to be taught in our public schools or not allow either
evolution or
creation to be taught.
By Dr. Frederick H. Miller Ph.D. Director True Light Educational Ministry