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The Dark Spell of Darwinism

In order to understand this matter better, it will be useful to examine a
book explaining the origins of human life and the process of evolution,
written by a fossil expert who is a proponent of the theory of evolution. The
most important aspect of any book written by an expert would be in de-
scriptions relevant to the geographical region where he conducts his stud-
ies. As in a legend or a tale, the writer describes the region's climate, flora
and fauna, mountains, lakes and meadows, in order to put the reader out of
touch with his personal reality and usher him into an imaginary world.
Because he has no substantial evidence, he must resort to obfuscation and
telling of fairytales in order to influence and persuade the public. But when
the topic of discussion comes to the fossils that have already been discov-
ered, we see something very interesting: His account of fossils begins with
long descriptions of an environment that supposedly existed millions of
years ago. Based on no information or discoveries, he makes statements
such as, "These are the places where our ancestors lived." Some statements
contain interesting admissions—for example, in his book The People of the
Lake, the world-famous fossil expert Richard Leakey admits that it is actu-
ally not possible to learn very many details from a piece of bone:
Now, if we are absolutely honest, we have to admit that we know nothing
about Ramapithecus; we don't know what it looked like; we don't know what it
did; and, naturally, we don't know how it did it! But with the aid of jaw and
tooth fragments and one or two bits and pieces from arms and legs, all of
which represents a couple of dozen individuals, we can make some guesses,
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The important sentences to read here include, "we have to admit that
we know nothing" and "we can make some guesses, more or less inspired."
The man who wrote these statements is one of the world's best known fos-
sil experts, whose suppositions are highly respected and regarded as scien-
tific proof. So just what kind of suppositions does this scientist make
throughout his book?
When experts first discover a fossil, generally they make surprising
suppositions about the creature's size, environment, what land areas it in-

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