evolution-quotes

EVOLUTION; A CASE STUDY IN SCIENTIFIC DOGMATISM.

The Theory of Evolution has absolutely no scientific basis whatsoever. Scientists accept this theory for reasons that have nothing to do with science. Evolution has become a dogma – an ideology – which no scientist dares to question, since to do so would end their career in science. I mean this quite literally. Any academic scientist who questions evolution is considered to be a “whistle-blower” – a “traitor”, and is automatically “terminated”, their grants revoked, their tenure cancelled, their academic career demolished. Because of these draconian reprisals, scientists pay lip service to pseudoscience.

The reader may think that I am exaggerating here. However, I will now provide verbatim quotes from authoritative scientists, who agree that The Theory of Evolution is dogmatic pseudoscience.

This quote is from the book Evolution: A Theory In Crisis, by Michael Denton (Denton gained a medical degree from Bristol University in 1969 and a PhD in biochemistry from King's College London in 1974. He was a senior research fellow in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand from 1990 to 2005), published by Adler and Adler, 1986, pages 75 to 77:-

The author quotes Richard Dawkins:- “The theory (of evolution) is about as much in doubt as the earth goes round the sun.” Denton then comments:- “Now of course such claims are SIMPLY NONSENSE. For Darwin’s model of evolution is - - - STILL VERY MUCH IN DOUBT when it comes to macro-evolutionary phenomena - - - - THE EVIDENCE IS - - - FAR FROM COMPELLING. - - - - Once a community has elevated a theory into a self-evident truth - - - - there is no longer any point in having to establish its validity by - - - empirical facts - - - The transformation of Darwinian theory INTO DOGMA is evidenced by THE HOSTILITY THAT IS DIRECTED TOWARDS - - - DISSIDENTS - - - - Dissent becomes by definition irrational - - - - - It is HERETICAL TO QUESTION THE IDEA OF EVOLUTION. - - - Once a theory has become PETRIFIED INTO A - - - DOGMA - - - the myth will be extremely successful - - - - THE SEMBLANCE OF TRUTH IS OF COURSE A MIRAGE - - - - The raising of - - - Darwinian theory to a self-evident axiom has had the consequence that - - - - OBJECTIONS - - HAVE BECOME - - - INVISIBLE - - - CRUCIAL PROBLEMS - - -ARE VIRTUALLY NEVER DISCUSSED - - - - the overriding supremacy of the myth - - - - His general theory (of evolution) - - - is still - - - A HIGHLY SPECULATIVE HYPOTHESIS, ENTIRELY WITHOUT - - - FACTUAL SUPPORT.” (My capitals and highlighting.)

The next quote is from the book Ever Since Darwin, by Stephen Jay Gould, (Professor of Zoology at Harvard University), published by Penguin Books, 1977, page 40:-

“Much of what passes for evolutionary theory is - - - VACUOUS. - - Many great theories are held together by chains of dubious metaphor and analogy. Bethell has correctly identified THE HOGWASH SURROUNDING EVOLUTIONARY THEORY.” (My capitals.)

The next quote is from the book Evolution of Living Organisms, by Pierre P Grasse (In 1929, Grassé became professor of zoology at the Université de Clermont-Ferrand. In 1935, he became an Assistant Professor at the Université de Paris where he worked alongside Germaine Cousin (1896–1992), and received the Prix Gadeau de Kerville de la Société entomologique de France. In 1939 he chaired the Société zoologique de France and in 1941 the Société entomologique de France. In 1944 he succeeded Maurice Caullery as Chair in Zoology and the Evolution of Beings. Grassé was elected a member of the Académie des sciences on November 29, 1948, in the anatomy and zoology sector and presided over the institution in 1967.), published by Academic Press, 1977, pages 6 to 7:-

“Present-day Darwinism - - - impresses incompletely informed biologists, misleads them, and inspires FALLACIOUS INTERPRETATIONS. - - - - through use and abuse of - - - bold, OFTEN ILL-FOUNDED extrapolations, A PSEUDOSCIENCE HAS BEEN CREATED - - - Biologists who adhere blindly to - - - -Darwinism - - - search for results that will be in agreement with their theories, and consequently orientate their research in a given direction - - - It deprives observations and experiments of their objectivity, makes them biased.” (My capitals.)

The next quote is from the book Variation and Fixity in Nature, by Frank L. Marsh (M.S. Zoology, Ph.D. Botany), published by Pacific Press Publishing Association, California, 1976, pages 106 to 107:-

“Evolutionists - - - accept their - - - theory blindly. - - - - Having committed themselves for evolution, they lose the power for open-minded study IN A SMOG OF DOGMATISM - - - With the evolutionist it blinds him to the testimony of nature - - - the evolutionist pushes past natural fact.” (My capitals.)

The next quote is from the book The Creation-Evolution Controversy, by R. L. Wysong (D. V. M.), published by Inquiry Press, USA, ist edition, 3rd printing, 1978, page 31:-

Wysong quotes evolutionary anthropologist Arthur Keith (Keith was editor of the Journal of Anatomy between 1915 and 1936 and elected President of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 1918 to 1920. He gave the 1927 presidential address (Darwin's Theory of Man's Descent As It Stands To-day) to the British Association meeting in Leeds. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1913. ) “EVOLUTION IS UNPROVED - - - - We believe it only because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable.” (My capitals.)

The next quote is from the book Origins: A Skeptic’s Guide to The Creation of Life on Earth, by Robert Shapiro (Professor of Chemistry at New York University, published by Heinemann, 1986, pages 32 to 33:-

“Adherents of the best-known theory (of the origin of life) have not responded to INCREASINGLY ADVERSE EVIDENCE by questioning the validity of their beliefs - - - - rather they - - - hold it as a truth beyond question, thereby enshrining it as a mythology - - - SCIENCE HAS BEEN ABANDONED ENTIRELY in substance, though retained in name.” (My capitals.)

The next quote is from the book Delusions in Science and Spirituality, by Susan B. Martinez (Ph. D.), published by Bear and Company (USA), 2015, page 112:-

“Signatories against the - - - theory of evolution include scientists from the National Academies of Science in Russia, The Czech republic, Hungary, Poland, India, Nigeria, and The United States. Many are Professors at major institutions, such as MIT., Cambridge University, Moscow State University, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology in Japan, and Ben-Gurion University in Israel.”

The next quote is from the book A Challenge to Evolutionists, by Douglas Dewar (Fellow of The Zoological Society), 3rd edition, 1948, published by Uplift Books (Croydon, UK) Ltd, pages 32 to 33:-

“Mt McCabe asked me to name some biologists who do not believe in evolution - - - Professor Fleischmann - - - who was - - - Professor at Erlangen - - - and Professor Vialleton - - - - Biologists who openly oppose evolution are E. G. Dehaut, D. Carazzi, M. Thomas, J. Lefevre, G. K. Hebbert. In England, Professors of biology who do not accept evolution ARE NOT LIKELY TO PROCLIAM THIS FACT LEST IT HAVE AN UNFAVOURABLE EFFECT ON THEIR ACADEMIC CAREER.” (My capitals.)

The next quotes are from the book Evolution – Fact or Fiction?, by John Blanchard, published by Evangelical press. 5th impression, 2006,

Page 7:- The author quotes Ambrose Fleming, President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. He called evolution “baseless – quite incredible”.

Page 9:- The author quotes David Kitts, Professor of Geology at The University of Oklahoma:- “Evolution requires intermediate forms between species; and palaeontology does not provide them.”

Page 19:- The author quotes Fred Hoyle (Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge University.):- “The notion that - - - the operating program of a living cell could be arrived at in a primordial soup is evidently NONSENSE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.” (My capitals.)

Page 20:- The author quotes Stephen Grocott (Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute):- “The spontaneous origin of life is a CHEMICAL NONSENSE.” (My capitals.)

The next quote is from the book Why Be an Ape? (Observations on Evolution), by A London Journalist (Mr Newman Watts), published by Marshall Morgan and Scott Ltd.

Page 32:- Professor MacBride at The British Association For The Advancement of Science meeting at Norwich (1935) is quoted:- “The doctrine of Natural Selection as the cause of evolution to my mind is a complete fraud.”

The next quote is from the book:- The Revised Quote Book, edited by Doctor Andrew Snelling (who has a Ph. D. In Geology), published by Answers in Genesis

Pierre Paul Grasse is quoted (In 1929, Grassé became professor of zoology at the Université de Clermont-Ferrand. In 1935, he became an Assistant Professor at the Université de Paris where he worked alongside Germaine Cousin (1896–1992), and received the Prix Gadeau de Kerville de la Société entomologique de France. In 1939 he chaired the Société zoologique de France and in 1941 the Société entomologique de France. In 1944 he succeeded Maurice Caullery as Chair in Zoology and the Evolution of Beings. Grassé was elected a member of the Académie des sciences on November 29, 1948, in the anatomy and zoology sector and presided over the institution in 1967.):- “To insist - - - - that life appeared quite by chance, and evolved in this fashion (ie:- by chance), is an UNFOUNDED SUPPOSITION - - - - NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FACTS. - - - - The problem of evolution - - - the deceit - - - some people, owing to their sectarianism, purposely overlook reality.”

The next quote is from the book The New Evolutionary Timetable; Fossils, Genes, and The Origin of Species, by Steven M. Stanley (an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. For most of his career he taught geology at Johns Hopkins University (1969-2005). In 1977 Stanley was awarded the Paleontological Society's Charles Schuchert Award which is presented "to a person under 40 whose work reflects excellence and promise in the science of paleontology." In 2007 he was awarded the Society's Paleontological Society Medal, which is "awarded to a person whose eminence is based on advancement of knowledge in paleontology." In 2006 Stanley was awarded the Mary Clark Thompson Medal by the National Academy of Sciences, and in 2008 the William H. Twenhofel Medal by the Society for Sedimentary Geology. ):- “Since the time of Darwin, palaeontologists have found themselves confronted with evidence that conflicts with gradualism, yet THE MESSAGE OF THE FOSSIL RECORD HAS BEEN IGNORED.” (My capitals.)

(My comment:- “Gradualism” implies that evolution has occurred in a long series of very small steps.)

The next quote is from the book Discourses Biological and Geological. Essays by Thomas H. Huxley. ( In July 1854, Huxley became Professor of Natural History at the Royal School of Mines and naturalist to the British Geological Survey in the following year. In addition, he was Fullerian Professor at the Royal Institution 1855–58 and 1865–67; Hunterian Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons 1863–69; President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1869–1870; President of the Quekett Microscopical Club 1878; President of the Royal Society 1883–85; Inspector of Fisheries 1881–85; and President of the Marine Biological Association 1884–1890.), published by Macmillan and co, 1894, pages 341 to 342:-

In answer to the question What does - - - - paleontology testify in relation to the common doctrines of progressive modification (ie:- the theory of evolution) - - - - - I reply – It negatives these doctrines - - - no evidence for such modification.”

The next quotes are from the book The Great Evolution Mystery, by Gordon Rattray Taylor (Science Advisor to BBC Television), published by Secker and Warburg, 1983:-

Page 245:- “Progress has been prevented by THE RIGID DOGMATISM OF THE NEO-DARWINISTS” (My capitals.)

Page 245:- The author quotes Professor Rupert Riedl of Vienna (1960: State doctorate and professor at the University of Vienna. 1967 guest professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. From 1968: full professor and research professor of Marine Sciences at the University of North Carolina. From 1971: chief of the Institute of Zoology and Temporary chief of the Institut of Human biology, both at the University of Vienna, and Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina. 1983-1990: chief of the Institute of Zoology und Anthropology at the University of Vienna):- “Most of the unexplained phenomena in macro-evolution - - - were - - - swept under the carpet. - - - - The attempt to present Darwinism as an established DOGMA IMMUNE FROM CRITICISM.” (My capitals.)