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HARUN YAHYA

claim as a historical fact, but they are greatly mistaken. Just as
Darwin's theory of biological evolution is a deception, so is the the-
ory of religious evolution that takes its inspiration from him.

How Did the "Evolution of Religions"

Error Come About?
About one and a half centuries ago, when Darwin's Origin of
Species was still in its first edition, the idea of evolution gained sup-
port among materialists and atheists. Some thinkers of that period
assumed that every event in the human history could be explained
by evolution, stating that everything began from a so-called basic,
primitive stage and advanced toward greater perfection.
This error was applied in many areas. In the realm of
economics, for example, Marxism claimed that such
advancement was inevitable and that everyone
would eventually adopt communism. Experience
has shown that this was only a dream and
Marxism's claims did not reflect reality.
In the field of psychology, Sigmund Freud
said that human beings were a highly evolved
species but that psychologically, their actions
were still motivated by the same drives as
their so-called primitive ancestors' had
been. This major error has been scientif-
ically refuted by psychological re-
search, showing that Freudianism's
basic suppositions had no scientific
foundation.

Charles Darwin

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