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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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