A Protest Against Darwinism

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 11, 1909

A Protest Against Darwinism

The hundredth anniversary of the birth of Darwin has given occasion for much discussion in the public press of his theory of evolution, and in most cases it is frankly acknowledged that the hypotheses of Darwin have largely superseded the old-time views concerning creation and the history of the earth. There is an occasional exception and an almost isolated protest against conceding all that is claimed by the followers of Darwin. Here is one:—

If blind adherence to unproved assumptions constitutes mental freedom, one might readily understand the significance of the glowing tributes which are now being paid to Darwin’s memory. Those eulogists are guilty of the same fault which they attribute to the supernatural believer. The man of supernatural faith believes on the authority of God the revealer, things which can not be proved. These modern disciples of Darwin accept things without proof because of an overweening confidence in the superiority of their own intellect, which makes them believe that they see, when in reality they do not see. . . .

The whole theory of evolution on its rational side is based on a series of assumptions for which no definite proof is forthcoming. Not only is it unable to indicate the start of life, but it fails utterly to explain the origin and growth of the noblest sentiments with which human nature is endowed.