Page 22 - Confessions of the Evolutionists

20 CONFESSIONS OF THE EVOLUTIONISTS

However, no matter how much some scientists have seen the truth,

the stirrings of their consciences have been very short-lived for many of
them. They have never countenanced abandoning their ideology, but
have continued in their denial despite the voice of their consciences.
Not only has our century witnessed people who, despite seeing the
truth, refuse to abandon superstitious beliefs because of their devotion to

materialist dogma. People with such mindsets have existed at all times.
The dialogues between materialists and Prophet Abraham (peace be up-
on him) in the Qur'an inform us of this. The materialists in his time wor-
shipped idols that they had made with their own hands, adopting them
as their deities. They claimed that certain effigies they themselves had cre-
ated, which actually have no power to do anything, were in fact the cre-

ators, regulators, and lords of the entire universe.
You might imagine that such paganism is a feature of only ancient
times, yet the logic of the Darwinists of the 21 century is exactly the
st
same. They too maintain that unconscious atoms and random events,
with no ability to do anything, actually created the flawlessly ordered uni-

verse and the life within it. Absolutely nothing has changed in the mind-
set of denial.
In his time, too, the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) employed various
means to show people how irrational and illogical their beliefs were. And
they then saw how corrupt their earlier beliefs had been and admitted
they had been despotic.

They said, "Did you do this to our deities, Abraham?" He said, "No,
this one, the biggest of them, did it. Ask them if they are able to
speak!" They consulted among themselves and said, "It is you your-
selves who are wrongdoers." (Surat al-Anbiya', 62-64)
However, these stirrings of their consciences were only short-lived,

and they soon returned to their corrupt ways: