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DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN

SCIENCE AND MATERIALISM

T he information we have considered throughout this book has

shown us that the theory of evolution has no scientific basis, and
that, on the contrary, evolutionist claims conflict with scientific
facts. In other words, the force that keeps evolution alive is not
science. Evolution may be maintained by some "scientists," but behind it
there is another influence at work.
This other influence is materialist philosophy. The theory of
evolution is simply materialist philosophy applied to nature, and those
who support that philosophy do so despite the scientific evidence.
This relationship between materialism and the theory of evolution is
accepted by "authorities" on these concepts. For example, the discovery of
Darwin was described by Leon Trotsky as "the highest triumph of the
dialectic in the whole field of organic matter." 382
The evolutionary biologist Douglas Futuyma writes, "Together with
Marx's materialist theory of history and society…. Darwin hewed the
final planks of the platform of mechanism and
materialism." 383 And the evolutionary paleontologist
Stephen Jay Gould says, "Darwin applied a consistent
philosophy of materialism to his interpretation of
nature." 384
Materialist philosophy is one of the oldest beliefs in
the world, and assumes the absolute and exclusive
existence of matter as its basic principle. According to this
view, matter has always existed, and everything that
exists consists of matter. Materialism denies the evident Karl Marx
existence of a Creator.

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