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The Dark Spell of Darwinism

ists to be unhealthy, a vestige of sociological pressures in the animal societies
from which they claim humans developed. 42
As he says, evolutionists present their theory to the public with an aura
of scientific acceptance, accusing as "dogmatic" scientists who draw their at-
tention to the fact of Creation. However, in assuming this stance, they are
displaying their own dogmatism, pretending not to see the proofs for
Creation in all the scientific facts that creationist scientists set out. Out of
blind allegiance to their theory, they take no account of the concrete evi-
dence their opponents present, and try to defend their ideas no matter
what.
In this regard, we can give an example from
statements that evolutionists themselves have
made. In his book, Origins: A Skeptic's Guide to
Creation of Life on Earth, the noted evolutionist,
Robert Shapiro, writes of his dogmatic attachment
to the theory of evolution:
Some future day may yet arrive when all reason- Ro bert Sha pi ro
able chemical experiments run to discover a proba-
ble origin for life have failed unequivocally. Further, new geological evidence
may indicate a sudden appearance of life on the earth. Finally, we may have
explored the universe and found no trace of life, or process leading to life, else-
where. In such a case, some scientists might choose to turn to religion for an
answer. Others, however, myself included, would attempt to sort out the sur-
viving less probable scientific explanations in the hope of selecting one that
was still more likely than the remainder. 43
What Shapiro wants to say is quite clear. The fact that he and many
other evolutionists are attached to Darwinism as if spellbound, leads them
to reject the existence of Allah. This is what's indicated by the logic of "No
matter what proof we see, we will not believe in Creation." But this mental-
ity is not confined to present-day evolutionists; those in the past also shared
the same dogmatic approach. In the Qur'an, Allah tells us some important
things about such people who condition themselves to reject Him. For ex-

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