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The greatest scientists and mathematicians, from Louis Pasteur to Bernhard Riemann, viewed Darwin’s theory as absurd.  The French described Darwin’s theory as “a fairy tale for grown-ups.”  Darwin’s explanation for an evolution of the whale (a mammal) was that it somehow came from black bears swimming with their mouths open.  Darwin’s theory conflicts with the Flood, with the fact that all mutations are harmful, with the fact that species have been going extinct rather than being generated, and with the fact that everything tends to become more disordered and scattered over time.  Darwin’s theory is based only on functionality, without any recognition of artistic design in the world like beautiful autumn foliage.

The greatest scientists and mathematicians, from Louis Pasteur to Bernhard Riemann, viewed Darwin’s theory as absurd.  The French described Darwin’s theory as “a fairy tale for grown-ups.”  Darwin’s explanation for an evolution of the whale (a mammal) was that it somehow came from black bears swimming with their mouths open.  Darwin’s theory conflicts with the Flood, with the fact that all mutations are harmful, with the fact that species have been going extinct rather than being generated, and with the fact that everything tends to become more disordered and scattered over time.  Darwin’s theory is based only on functionality, without any recognition of artistic design in the world like beautiful autumn foliage.

Fraud and political motivations helped promote evolution in the early 1900s.  The Piltdown Man was a fake fossil combination that was taught in public schools for 40 years as the "missing link" between man and apes.  England promoted the theory of evolution because Darwin was English, and is even buried next to Isaac Newton.  Germany also promoted the theory until the Darwinists engaged in racial cleansing and experimentation to “perfect” the Aryan race under Adolf Hitler.

Fraud and political motivations helped promote the theory of evolution in the early 1900s.  The Piltdown Man was a fake fossil combination that was falsely taught in public schools for 40 years as the "missing link" between man and apes.  England promoted the theory of evolution because Darwin was English, and is even buried next to Isaac Newton.  Germany also promoted the theory until the Darwinists engaged in racial cleansing and experimentation to “perfect” the Aryan race under Adolf Hitler.

The link between Darwinism, atheism and politics grew strong in the late 1800s.  Beginning in 1887, social scientists were using the term “social Darwinism” to apply a barbaric survival-of-the-fittest theory to social situations.  Under this theory, the wealthiest or most powerful in society must be biologically superior, and less “fit” persons should die or simply be killed like weak animals.  Soon many began to view racial struggles, and war itself, as a perfectly natural form of survival-of-the-fittest in the human race.  The horrific wars of the 20th century, employing shockingly brutal tactics, were encouraged by a belief in survival-of-the-fittest among humans.

The link between Darwinism, atheism and politics grew strong in the late 1800s.  Beginning in 1887, social scientists were using the term “social Darwinism” to apply a barbaric survival-of-the-fittest theory to social situations.  Under this theory, the wealthiest or most powerful in society must be biologically superior, and less “fit” persons should die or simply be killed like weak animals.  Soon many began to view racial struggles, and war itself, as a perfectly natural form of survival-of-the-fittest in the human race.  The horrific wars of the 20th century, employing shockingly brutal tactics, were encouraged by a belief in survival-of-the-fittest among humans.

Capitalism and freedom unleashed a burst of creative activity in science and technology.  Beginning in the 1870s, Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, motion pictures and, even though he was mostly deaf, the phonograph.  In 1895 Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio, while  Nikola Tesla patented a wireless radio transmitter.<ref>But in 1943 the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Marconi's patent and held in favor of Nikola Tesla, who claimed he first developed radio technology.[http://inventors.about.com/od/rstartinventions/a/radio.htm]</ref>  Henry Ford perfected the assembly line and manufactured the first automobiles in the early 1900s.  Wilbur and Orville Wright flew the first gasoline-powered airplane in 1903.

Capitalism and freedom unleashed a burst of creative activity in science and technology.  Beginning in the 1870s, Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, motion pictures and, even though he was mostly deaf, the phonograph.  In 1895 Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio, while  Nikola Tesla patented a wireless radio transmitter.<ref>But in 1943 the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Marconi's patent and held in favor of Nikola Tesla, who claimed he first developed radio technology.[http://inventors.about.com/od/rstartinventions/a/radio.htm]</ref>  Henry Ford perfected the assembly line and manufactured the first automobiles in the early 1900s.  Wilbur and Orville Wright flew the first gasoline-powered airplane in 1903.

Scientific and mathematical discoveries were equally marvelous.  Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), the greatest experimental scientist who ever lived, discovered how to kill bacteria in milk and in all liquids through pasteurization.  He also developed a rabies vaccine, first using it in response to a mother who begged him to save her young son, who had been just bitten by a rabid animal.  Pasteur then saved her son’s life with his new vaccine (and he later served as a watchman for Pasteur’s tomb). Perhaps greatest of all was Pasteur’s discovery of the germ theory of disease, which more than anything has reduced illness and the spread of disease.  Pasteur explained that diseases are transmitted through germs.  Had people known this when the Black Death (bubonic plague) hit the world, far fewer would have died.   

Scientific and mathematical discoveries were equally marvelous.  Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), the greatest experimental scientist who ever lived, discovered how to kill bacteria in milk and in all liquids through pasteurization.  He also developed a rabies vaccine, first using it in response to a mother who begged him to save her young son, who had been just bitten by a rabid animal.  Pasteur then saved her son’s life with his new vaccine.  (After Pasteur died, the boy later served as a watchman for Pasteur’s tomb.)  Perhaps greatest of all was Pasteur’s discovery of the germ theory of disease, which more than anything has reduced illness and the spread of disease.  Pasteur explained that diseases are transmitted through germs.  Had people known this when the Black Death (bubonic plague) hit the world, far fewer would have died.   

Pasteur was a devout Christian, and did not see any conflict between science and Christianity, remarking that “science brings men nearer to God.”  Pasteur experienced many hardships throughout his life, including the death of three of his five children to childhood diseases, but these hardships only served to strengthen his faith and his determination to find cures.  Through it all Pasteur gave God the glory, stating that “the more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator.”

Pasteur was a devout Christian, and did not see any conflict between science and Christianity, remarking that “science brings men nearer to God.”  Pasteur experienced many hardships throughout his life, including the death of three of his five children to childhood diseases, but these hardships only served to strengthen his faith and his determination to find cures.  Through it all Pasteur gave God the glory, stating that “the more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator.”  Pasteur felt that if he could know everything, then he could attain the invincible faith of stay-at-home moms (homeschoolers?) in poor, northwest France: “Could I but know all I would have the faith of a Breton peasant woman!”

Another devout Christian was the brilliant mathematician Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866), who was perhaps second only to the Greek Archimedes as the greatest mathematician of all time.  When Riemann was sent as a teenager to an advanced German school, he quickly became bored with his math class.  He went to the principal and requested more advanced material, whereupon the principal gave him the lengthy and most advanced math book known.  Riemann returned in a just few days declaring, “I have mastered it!”  He went on to create a new type of geometry that became useful in the 20th century, and he formulated the most famous unsolved hypothesis that remains in mathematics today.

Another devout Christian was the brilliant mathematician Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866), who was perhaps second only to the Greek Archimedes as the greatest mathematician of all time.  When Riemann was sent as a teenager to an advanced German school, he quickly became bored with his math class.  He went to the principal and requested more advanced material, whereupon the principal gave him the lengthy and most advanced math book known.  Riemann returned in a just few days declaring, “I have mastered it!”  He went on to create a new type of geometry that became useful in the 20th century, and he formulated the most famous unsolved hypothesis that remains in mathematics today.