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Religion and Science Never Conflict

Before we proceed to trace the demise of Darwinism's myths in the following pages, we must show the
invalidity of another idea that binds supporters of evolutionary theory.
This is the false assumption that there exists a conflict between religion and science. Those who defend

this assumption claim that the theory of evolution must be true because "scientists" unanimously accepted
it as scientifically proven. They propose that Creation is a theory for "faith" only, but not for science.
However, such assertions are not based on the facts. As an example, take the ongoing argument about how

the theory of evolution should be taught in United States schools. This argument is carried on solely on a
scientific level, but there are attempts to show it as the "disagreement between the churches and scientists."
News broadcast by some media organizations, and articles in some newspapers on the matter, all suffer
from the same superficial assumptions, which are wrong for the following reasons:
First, Creation is supported by scientific evidence. The present evolution-versus-Creation debate is not

between scientists and the churches, but between scientists who stubbornly believe in the theory of evolu-
tion and other scientists who see that this theory is invalid. All the available evidence argues against evolu-
tion. On the strength of this evidence, the theory of evolution in the USA has declined since the second half

of the 20th century, which decline has influenced the decision taken in states like Kansas, Georgia and Ohio
that schools must also teach the evidence for the theory of evolution's invalidity. In the USA, a powerful op-
position arose against the theory of evolution. All members of this movement are scientists from the coun-
try's notable universities. In the 1970s Professor Dean Kenyon wrote a thesis on the origin of life and
chemical evolution that made him one of evolution's well-known proponents. Today, he is a representative

Islam commands that we investigate all branches of science and under-
take all forms of intellectual research. Therefore, there can be no gulf be-
tween Islam and science. Darwinism, on the other hand, is not a scientific
concept, but only a false religion. It is therefore impossible to reconcile
Islam with Darwinism.

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