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human beings had developed from inanimate materials by pure chance

was exactly what the materialists wanted to hear.

Phillip Johnson, a professor at the University of Chicago,

renowned and well respected in academic circles for his books and

criticisms of the theory of evolution, makes clear what the theory

represents for irreligious systems of thought:

...The triumph of Darwinism implied the rejection of God and set

the stage for replacing biblical religion with a new faith based on

evolutionary naturalism. That new faith would become the basis

not just of science but also of government, law and morality. It

would be the established religious philosophy of modernity. 1

The words of Phillip Johnson indicate the real aim of the

advocates of this philosophy of irreligion. Materialists, driven to form

an irreligious society that rejects the existence of Allah and His law,

claim that there is no one to whom human beings must feel

responsible. The misguided rationale satisfies their desire for a kind of

human being who is not accountable to anyone. Their ambition is

summed up by one of their scientists as follows:

Man stands alone in the universe, a unique product of a long,

unconscious, impersonal, material process, with unique

1 Defeating Darwinism, p.99

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