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Richard Lewontin:{{QuoteBox|We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment, a commitment to materialism.<br /><br />It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our ''[[a priori]]'' adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is an absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door.<ref>Lewontin, Richard, Billions and billions of demons, ''The New York Review'', p. 31, 9 January 1997, quoted in [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/703/ Amazing admission], ''Creation'' 20(3):24, June 1998.</ref>}}

Richard Lewontin:{{QuoteBox|We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment, a commitment to materialism.<br /><br />It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our ''[[a priori]]'' adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is an absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door.<ref>Lewontin, Richard, Billions and billions of demons, ''The New York Review'', p. 31, 9 January 1997, quoted in [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/703/ Amazing admission], ''Creation'' 20(3):24, June 1998.</ref>}}

Atheist professor Jerry Fodor, on attempts to question the theory:{{QuoteBox|I think there’s the sense that if you think that there’s something wrong with the theory you’re giving aid and comfort to intelligent design people. And people do feel very strongly about whether you want to do that.<ref>http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/02/22/what_darwin_got_wrong_jerry_fodor/</ref>}}

Atheist professor Jerry Fodor, on attempts to question the theory:{{QuoteBox|I think there’s the sense that if you think that there’s something wrong with the theory you’re giving aid and comfort to intelligent design people. And people do feel very strongly about whether you want to do that.<ref>https://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/02/22/what_darwin_got_wrong_jerry_fodor/</ref>}}

== Vilification ==

== Vilification ==

* Bergman, Jerry, The Criterion, Onesimus, Richfield Minnesota, 1984, ISBN 0-932903-01-0.

* Bergman, Jerry, The Criterion, Onesimus, Richfield Minnesota, 1984, ISBN 0-932903-01-0.

* Bergman, Jerry, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1784/ Contemporary suppression of the theistic worldview], ''Journal of Creation'' 9(2):267–275, August 1995.

* Bergman, Jerry, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1784/ Contemporary suppression of the theistic worldview], ''Journal of Creation'' 9(2):267–275, August 1995.

* Bergman, Jerry, [http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=97 A Story of Two Professors] ''Impact'' 372, 1 June 2004.

* Bergman, Jerry, [https://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=97 A Story of Two Professors] ''Impact'' 372, 1 June 2004.

* Buckna, David, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3486/ Do Creationists Publish in Notable Refereed Journals?] (Creation Ministries International).

* Buckna, David, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3486/ Do Creationists Publish in Notable Refereed Journals?] (Creation Ministries International).

* Gentry, Robert V., Creation's Tiny Mystery, Earth Science Associates, Knoxville Tennessee, 1986, ISBN 0-9616753-1-4.

* Gentry, Robert V., Creation's Tiny Mystery, Earth Science Associates, Knoxville Tennessee, 1986, ISBN 0-9616753-1-4.

* Halloway, Andrew, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/6047/ Reiss resigns as Royal Society stifles debate on evolution], 23 September 2008 (Creation Ministries International).

* Halloway, Andrew, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/6047/ Reiss resigns as Royal Society stifles debate on evolution], 23 September 2008 (Creation Ministries International).

* Klinghoffer, David, [http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110006220 The Branding of a Heretic], ''Opinion Journal'', 28 January 2005.

* Klinghoffer, David, [http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110006220 The Branding of a Heretic], ''Opinion Journal'', 28 January 2005.

* Klinghoffer, David, [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/klinghoffer200508160826.asp Unintelligent Design] National Review Online, 16 August 2005.

* Klinghoffer, David, [https://www.nationalreview.com/comment/klinghoffer200508160826.asp Unintelligent Design] National Review Online, 16 August 2005.

* Klinghoffer, David, [http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/733rlosv.asp Tenure Trouble], The Weekly Standard, 6 August 2007.

* Klinghoffer, David, [https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/733rlosv.asp Tenure Trouble], The Weekly Standard, 6 August 2007.

* McVay, James, [http://www.rsternberg.net/OSC_ltr.htm Office of Special Counsel "Pre-Closure Letter"], 5 August 2005.

* McVay, James, [http://www.rsternberg.net/OSC_ltr.htm Office of Special Counsel "Pre-Closure Letter"], 5 August 2005.

* Paull, Roger, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5788 Censoring intelligent design], 27 May 2008 (Creation Ministries International).

* Paull, Roger, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5788 Censoring intelligent design], 27 May 2008 (Creation Ministries International).