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magine a religion whose founder claimed to be a scientist, its holy
book a treatise with a supposedly scientific message, and its
I I devotees people who think of themselves as learned. This religion
has penetrated into almost every civilization, every school of thought
and every ideology; its adherents number in the hundreds of millions.
In every field of specialization – history, sociology, philosophy,
psychology, biology, etc. – it is a basic dogma, the "light that
illuminates truth."
Actually, every one of you is acquainted with the religion
outlined above. You encounter it in your daily life, read its
propaganda in newspapers, and see its influence on television. This
religion infiltrates your life at every moment; indeed, it is part of your
life. Perhaps some of you, knowingly or otherwise, have come under
the direct influence of this religion. It is the "religion of Darwinism."
You may say to yourselves, "Darwinism is not a religion, it is a
scientific theory!" But there are many people in the world who are
devoted to it. Some believe that evolution is a scientifically proven
fact, and the world lies under the influence of this so-called scientific
position.
This ideology is founded upon a series of errors. Our purpose in
writing this book is to expose these errors and to show those who have
fallen prey to them that the facade of scientific positivism is nothing
more than an illusion. The theory of evolution, with its scripture, its
devotees, its alleged answers and explanations concerning the origins
of living things, its idols and beliefs, its closed-mindedness to
INTRODUCTION