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“The hold of the evolutionary paradigm is so powerful that an idea which is more like a principle of medieval astrology than a serious twentieth century scientific theory has become a reality for evolutionary biologists.”

Quote by Michael Denton

Book:Evolution: A Theory in Crisis

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Evolution: A Theory in Crisis

This book delves into the foundational concepts of evolutionary theory, examining the scientific evidence and debates surrounding its validity and implications. more

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Michael Denton is a renowned author known for his works in the fields of science and philosophy. His research spans across biology, evolutionary theory, and theology, particularly focusing on the complexity of life and its possible theological implications. more

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“In the final analysis the hierarchic pattern is nothing like the straightforward witness for organic evolution that is commonly assumed. There are facets of the hierarchy which do not flow naturally from any sort of random undirected evolutionary process. If the hierarchy suggests any model of nature it is typology and not evolution. How much easier it would be to argue the case for evolution if all nature's divisions were blurred and indistinct, if the systema naturalae was largely made up of overlapping classes indicative of sequence and continuity.”

“If moral statements are about something, then the universe is not quite as science suggests it is, since physical theories, having said nothing about God, say nothing about right or wrong, good or bad. To admit this would force philosophers to confront the possibility that the physical sciences offer a grossly inadequate view of reality. And since philosophers very much wish to think of themselves as scientists, this would offer them an unattractive choice between changing their allegiances or accepting their irrelevance.”

Source: The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions

“Commentators who today talk of 'The Dark Ages' when faith instead of reason was said to ruthlessly rule, have for their animadversions only the excuse of perfect ignorance. Both Aquinas' intellectual gifts and his religious nature were of a kind that is no longer commonly seen in the Western world.”

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Book:The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions

Source: The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions

“Just who has imposed on the suffering human race poison gas, barbed wire, high explosives, experiments in eugenics, the formula for zyklon b, heavy artillery, pseudo-scientific justifications for mass murder, cluster bombs, attack submarines, napalm, intercontinental missiles , military space platforms and nuclear weapons? If memory serves it was not the Vatican.”

Source: The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions

“Darwinism is not a sufficient condition for a phenomenon like Nazism but I think it's certainly a necessary one.”

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Author:David Berlinski

“I do not know whether any of this is true. I am certain that the scientific community does not know that it is false.”

Knows Doe Certain Community

Book:The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions

Source: The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions

“Although every novel is derived directly from another novel, there is really only one novel, the Quixote.”

Author:David Berlinski

“While science has nothing of value to say on the great and aching questions of life, death, love, and meaning, what the religious traditions of mankind have said forms a coherent body of thought... There is recompense for suffering. A principle beyond selfishness is at work in the cosmos. All will be well. I do not know whether any of this is true. I am certain that the scientific community does not know that it is false.”

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Author:David Berlinski

“Vaclav Havel is the figure that represents the Velvet Revolution and the reunification of Europe. He will be sorely missed.”

Figures Revolution Europe Velvet Reunification

Author:Jerzy Buzek

“Michelle Alexander's brave and bold new book paints a haunting picture in which dreary felon garb, post-prison joblessness, and loss of voting rights now do the stigmatizing work once done by colored-only water fountains and legally segregated schools. With dazzling candor, Alexander argues that we all pay the cost of the new Jim Crow.”