Faith in evolution or faith in God?
As federal judges step in to make another decision in a Biblical Creation vs. Evolution case,
Ga. Evolution Stickers Ordered Removed
…I was reminded of some quotes that I compiled regarding science, evolution, and faith.
Our faith in the doctrine of evolution depends upon our reluctance to accept the antagonistic doctrine of special creation. -L.T. More
Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it only because the only alternative is special creation which is unthinkable. -Arthur Keith
Evolution can only survive in the arena of public opinion if no one is allowed to challenge it with the scientific facts that point to special creation as a more sound theory. -Grant R. Jeffrey
It is therefore a matter of faith on the part of the biologist that biogenesis [evolution] did occur and he can choose whatever method of biogenesis happens to suit him personally; the evidence for what did happen is not available. - G.A. KerkutThe more one studies paleontology, the more certain one becomes that evolution is based on faith alone. -T.L. Moor
We paleontologists have said that the history of life supports (the story of gradual adaptive change), all the while really knowing that it does not. - Dr. Niles Eldredge
The theory of evolution survives despite the total lack of scientific evidence because the supporters of the theory need to believe evolution is true to excape the only logical alternative - that God both created the Universe and man, as well as the fact that we must face Him as our Creator at the end of our life to give an account of our response to His commands. -Grant R. Jeffrey
To postulate that the development and survival of the fittest is entirely a consequence of chance mutations seems to me a hypothesis based on no evidence and irreconcilable with the facts. These classical evolutionary theories are a gross oversimplification of an immensely complex and intricate mass of facts, and it amazes me that they are swallowed so uncritically and readily, and for such a long time by so many scientists without a murmur of protest. -Ernest Chain
There cannot be design without a designer. -William Paley
When confronted with the order and beauty of the Universe and the strange coincidences of nature, it’s very tempting to take the leap of faith from science to religion. I am sure many physicists want to. I only wish they would admit it. -Tony Rothman
As we survey all the evidence, the thought insistently arises that some supernatural agency - or, rather, Agency - must be involved. Is it possible that suddenly, without intending to, we have stumbled upon scientific proof of the existence of a Supreme Being? Was it God who stepped in and so providentially crafted the cosmos for our benefit? - Dr. George Greenstein
The scientist is possessed by the sense of universal causation…His religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignifican reflection. - Albert Einstein
The odds against a Universe like ours emerging out of something like the big bang are enormous. …I think clearly there are religious implications whenever you start to discuss the origins of the Universe. There must be religious overtones. But I think most scientists prefer to shy away from the religious side of it. -Stephen Hawking
The laws of science, as we know them at present, contain many fundamental numbers, like the size of the electric charge of the electron and the ratio of the masses of the proton and the electron. …the remarkable fact is that the values of these numbers seem to have been very finely adjusted to make possible the development of life. -Stephen Hawking
We are, by astronomical standards, a pampered, cosseted, cherished group of creatures. …If the Universe had not been made with the most exacting precision, we could never have come into existence. It is my view that these circumstances indicate the Universe was created for man to live in. -John O’Keefe
Why, if species have descended from other species by fine gradations, do we not everywhere see innumerable transitional forms? Why is not all nature in confusion, instead of the species being, as we see them, well defined? …But, as by this theory innumerable transitional forms must have existed, why do we not find them embedded in countless numbers in the crust of the Earth? -Charles Darwin
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