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What those [people] are engaged in is destined for

destruction, and worthless is what they have been

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The Significance of Darwinism for Irreligion

Some readers may well think that Darwinism and materialism

cannot be the most important basis of disbelief because a vast

majority of people are totally unaware of these concepts and are

neither irreligious nor lead a life completely divorced from religion. At

first sight the statement might seem reasonable; in our time people

tend not to lead lives based on thought. Goals such as making money

and living life to the full saturate every aspect of the prevalent

unsophisticated culture, especially among young people. This

superficial culture leaves little room for questions such as, "How did I

come to exist?" or "Who created me?" People think neither about their

creation by Allah nor about the deception of evolution. The vast

majority are far more preoccupied with such trivial issues as the lives

of celebrities and juicy scandals of pop stars, which irreparably

disqualifies them from focusing their interest on deeper subjects, such

15 Surah al-A‘raf, 7:139.

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