Page 81 - The Dark Spell of Darwinism

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

Evolutionists are just like these people, in that they are limited by their
knowledge to a few ideas and are far removed from reality. Because of the
spell they are under, they are like the people Allah states in these verses
who really cannot feel, see or understand.

Darwinists' Disappointment
The great admiration for Darwin and evolutionist scientists felt by the
proponents of the theory of evolution is one important result of the power
of suggestion we spoke of earlier. For this reason, in everything written

about Darwin, the scientific defeat of his theory of evolution is covered up,
and his errors concealed. Darwin is often praised as the genius of the cen-
tury—even of the millennium. He is variously called the "Lord of the
Species," "a unique human being," and presented as a "valued scientist" who
loyally advocates his theory in spite of all the difficulties it presents.
Actually, however, Darwin is the architect of one of the most serious
errors in the history of science. His theory rests on no concrete evidence; it
is only a logical proposal as he himself acknowledged. In one long chapter,
"Difficulties on Theory" in The Origin of Species, Darwin admitted that his
theory could not account for some important questions. He himself made
frequent mention of the problems, in some of the comments he made:
Long before having arrived at this part of my work, a crowd of difficulties will
have occurred to the reader. Some of them are so grave that to this day I can
never reflect on them without being staggered. 38
He also voiced his concerns in letters he wrote to his friends:

Pray do not think that I am so blind as not to see that there are numerous im-
mense difficulties in my notions. 39
From these comments, it is clear that his theory had come to a major
impasse, and not only Darwin became aware of this. After Darwin's death,
his son, Francis, made this evaluation of his father's work:
My father's mind was not scientific, and he did not try to generalize his knowl-
edge under general laws; yet he formed a theory for almost everything which
occurred. I do not think I gained much from him intellectually. 40
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