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Harun Yahya

Once we see ourselves as just one more animal on the evolutionary spectrum, then
we must either affirm that our morality applies to all living things or deny that
our morality has any foundation at all. Generally Darwinists provide a kind of
incoherent stew of both. They treat some animals as if they had the same

moral status as human beings, and treat human beings, in some respects, as
if they were just one more animal. On the one hand, they will argue for ani-
mal rights; on the other, they assert that deformed or old and infirm human
beings should be "put down" out of the same compassion we show for our

pets. 171

As we've seen, one main reason why evolutionists seek to portray man as
a species of animal is their desire to eradicate all moral values. If man were an
animal, as Darwinism would have us believe, then even the concept of morality
would be of no importance to people. The damage this would inflict on society is be-
yond all imagining. For that reason, all humanity must be on its guard against An example of the suffer-
ing inflicted on innocent
Darwinism and the deceptions of this scientific forgery.
people by Social Darwinist
In alleging that human beings are no different from animals in physical and bio- philosophy. Present-day
logical terms, Darwinism also seeks to impose the idea that human and animal be- terrorist attacks are also
the result of Darwinist val-
havior are no different from one another. This lets undesirable characteristics and be-
ues, which maintain that
havior, such as violence, aggression, and selfishness, ruthless competition, rape and human beings are the
homosexuality, allegedly inherited from man's animal ancestors, assume the status of same as animals, and have
"natural behavior" for people. For instance, the evolutionist scientist Philip Jackson inflicted nothing but
blood, suffering and tears
Darlington writes:
on humanity.
The first point is that selfishness and violence are inherent in us, inherited from our re-
motest animal ancestors. Violence is, then, natural to man; a product of evolution. 172

All sorts of crimes are therefore seen as normal and justified, and it is even suggested that they
should not be punished. In Ever Since Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould says this view began with the Italian
expert on criminology professor Cesare Lombroso:

Biological theories of criminality were scarcely new, but Lombroso [Italian physician, Cesare Lombroso] gave
the argument a novel, evolutionary twist. Born criminals are not simply deranged or diseased; they are, lit-

erally, throwbacks to a previous evolutionary stage. The hereditary characters of our primitive and apish an-
cestors remain in our genetic repertoire. Some unfortunate men are born with an unusually lage number of
these ancestral characters. Their behavior may have been appropriate in savage societies of the past; today,
we brand it as criminal. We may pity the born criminal, for he cannot help himself... 173

As is evident from the evolutionist Gould's description of Lombroso's idea, the commission of crime
is regarded as something beyond free will, a legacy from human beings' alleged animal ancestors.

However, this is an unrealistic claim. God has created all human beings with their lower selves that con-
stantly impel them towards evil, but also with a conscience that protects them and cause them to avoid
evil and do good. It is revealed in verses that:

And [I swear by] the self and what proportioned it and inspired it with depravity or sense of duty, he who
purifies it has succeeded, he who covers it up has failed. (Surat ash-Shams, 7-10)

All human beings, therefore, are aware of whether their deeds are good or bad, and their behavior
proper or otherwise. Everyone is responsible for avoiding what is evil and doing what is good. In the
same way that those people who do good receive the finest recompense for their actions, so those who
do evil will inevitably be punished. The theory of evolution, depicting all forms of crime and immoral-

ity as justified, leads people to terrible disasters, both in this world and the Hereafter.
Unlike animals, a human being possesses a soul breathed into him or her by God, reason, free will,
conscience, common sense and the ability to distinguish between good and bad. Humans are able to
make decisions and judgments, deliver punishment and reward, and learn from experience, and are test-

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