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==Quotes supporting the position that evolutionism requires faith<ref>[http://www.nwcreation.net/evolutionquotes.html "Evolutionism quotes"] (2004).  Northwest Creation Network.  Retrieved on September 15, 2014.</ref>==

==Quotes supporting the position that evolutionism requires faith<ref>[http://www.nwcreation.net/evolutionquotes.html "Evolutionism quotes"] (2004).  Northwest Creation Network.  Retrieved on September 15, 2014.</ref>==

{{cquote|'''J.W.N. Sullivan (science author)'''<br />''The hypothesis that life has developed from inorganic matter is, at present, still an article of faith....''<ref>Sullivan, John W.N. (1933).  ''The Limitations of Science'' (New York:  The Viking Press), p. 95.  Quoted in review by [http://books.google.com/books?id=EPoPAAAAIAAJ&q=%22The+hypothesis+that+life+has+developed+from+inorganic+matter+is,+at+present,+still+an+article+of+faith,+although+various+chemists+have+put+forward+various+hypothetical+accounts+as+to+how+they+think+it+might+have+been+done%22&dq=%22The+hypothesis+that+life+has+developed+from+inorganic+matter+is,+at+present,+still+an+article+of+faith,+although+various+chemists+have+put+forward+various+hypothetical+accounts+as+to+how+they+think+it+might+have+been+done%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LzwaVKkn5_PwAd-cgeAP&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA ''New Catholic World'' [preview&#93;], vol. 138, p. 520.  Preview retrieved from GoogleBooks on September 17, 2014.</ref>}}

{{cquote|'''J.W.N. Sullivan (science author)'''<br />''The hypothesis that life has developed from inorganic matter is, at present, still an article of faith....''<ref>Sullivan, John W.N. (1933).  ''The Limitations of Science'' (New York:  The Viking Press), p. 95.  Quoted in review by [https://books.google.com/books?id=EPoPAAAAIAAJ&q=%22The+hypothesis+that+life+has+developed+from+inorganic+matter+is,+at+present,+still+an+article+of+faith,+although+various+chemists+have+put+forward+various+hypothetical+accounts+as+to+how+they+think+it+might+have+been+done%22&dq=%22The+hypothesis+that+life+has+developed+from+inorganic+matter+is,+at+present,+still+an+article+of+faith,+although+various+chemists+have+put+forward+various+hypothetical+accounts+as+to+how+they+think+it+might+have+been+done%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LzwaVKkn5_PwAd-cgeAP&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA ''New Catholic World'' [preview&#93;], vol. 138, p. 520.  Preview retrieved from GoogleBooks on September 17, 2014.</ref>}}

{{cquote|'''Dr. M.G. Grene'''<br />''Today the tables are turned. The modified, but still characteristically Darwinian theory has itself become an orthodoxy, preached by its adherents with religious fervor, and doubted, they feel, only by a few muddlers imperfect in scientific faith.''<ref name="mgreen">Grene, Marjorie (November 1959).  "The Faith of Darwinism".  ''Encounter'', p. 49.  Reprinted in Grene, Marjorie (1974), [http://books.google.com/books?id=BUL8BAAhg4YC&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=%22characteristically+Darwinian+theory+has+itself+become+an+orthodoxy,%22&source=bl&ots=QmawriJpLu&sig=6Gu2gx0X5pIQkM31bX9PkMs5Klk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eCwaVM6gG5TP8QHNhIGQCg&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22characteristically%20Darwinian%20theory%20has%20itself%20become%20an%20orthodoxy%2C%22&f=false ''The Knower and the Known''] (Berkeley, CA:  University of California Press), p. 187.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks on September 17, 2014.</ref>}}

{{cquote|'''Dr. M.G. Grene'''<br />''Today the tables are turned. The modified, but still characteristically Darwinian theory has itself become an orthodoxy, preached by its adherents with religious fervor, and doubted, they feel, only by a few muddlers imperfect in scientific faith.''<ref name="mgreen">Grene, Marjorie (November 1959).  "The Faith of Darwinism".  ''Encounter'', p. 49.  Reprinted in Grene, Marjorie (1974), [https://books.google.com/books?id=BUL8BAAhg4YC&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=%22characteristically+Darwinian+theory+has+itself+become+an+orthodoxy,%22&source=bl&ots=QmawriJpLu&sig=6Gu2gx0X5pIQkM31bX9PkMs5Klk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eCwaVM6gG5TP8QHNhIGQCg&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22characteristically%20Darwinian%20theory%20has%20itself%20become%20an%20orthodoxy%2C%22&f=false ''The Knower and the Known''] (Berkeley, CA:  University of California Press), p. 187.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks on September 17, 2014.</ref>}}

{{cquote|'''Dr. L.H. Matthews'''<br />''The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an unproved theory—is it then a science or faith?''<ref>Matthews, L. Harrison (1972), "Introduction" to Darwin, Charles (1872), ''The Origin of Species'', 6th ed. (London:  J. M. Dent), pp. x-xi.  Quoted in "Evolutionism quotes".</ref>}}

{{cquote|'''Dr. L.H. Matthews'''<br />''The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an unproved theory—is it then a science or faith?''<ref>Matthews, L. Harrison (1972), "Introduction" to Darwin, Charles (1872), ''The Origin of Species'', 6th ed. (London:  J. M. Dent), pp. x-xi.  Quoted in "Evolutionism quotes".</ref>}}

{{cquote|'''Dr. [[R.L. Wysong]]'''<br />''"Evolution requires plenty of faith; a faith in L-proteins that defy chance formation; a faith in the formation of DNA codes which, if generated spontaneously, would spell only pandemonium; a faith in a primitive environment that, in reality, would fiendishly devour any chemical precursors to life; a faith in experiments that prove nothing but the need for intelligence in the beginning; a faith in a primitive ocean that would not thicken, but would only haplessly dilute chemicals; a faith in natural laws of thermodynamics and biogenesis that actually deny the possibility for the spontaneous generation of life; a faith in future scientific revelations that, when realized, always seem to present more dilemmas to the evolutionists; faith in improbabilities that treasonously tell two stories—one denying evolution, the other confirming the creator; faith in transformations that remain fixed; faith in mutations and natural selection that add to a double negative for evolution; faith in fossils that embarrassingly show fixity through time, regular absence of transitional forms and striking testimony to a worldwide water deluge; a faith in time which proves to only promote degradation in the absence of mind; and faith in reductionism that ends up reducing the materialist's arguments to zero and forcing the need to invoke a supernatural creator."''<ref>Wysong, R.L. (1976). [http://books.google.com/books?id=yNev8Y-xN8YC&pg=PA419&dq=wysong+controversy+%22requires+plenty+of+faith%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RzgaVKW4FMXy8AHjgYGwAQ&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=wysong%20controversy%20%22requires%20plenty%20of%20faith%22&f=false ''The Creation-Evolution Controversy''] (Midland, MI:  Inquiry Press), p. 419.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks on September 17, 2014.</ref>}}

{{cquote|'''Dr. [[R.L. Wysong]]'''<br />''"Evolution requires plenty of faith; a faith in L-proteins that defy chance formation; a faith in the formation of DNA codes which, if generated spontaneously, would spell only pandemonium; a faith in a primitive environment that, in reality, would fiendishly devour any chemical precursors to life; a faith in experiments that prove nothing but the need for intelligence in the beginning; a faith in a primitive ocean that would not thicken, but would only haplessly dilute chemicals; a faith in natural laws of thermodynamics and biogenesis that actually deny the possibility for the spontaneous generation of life; a faith in future scientific revelations that, when realized, always seem to present more dilemmas to the evolutionists; faith in improbabilities that treasonously tell two stories—one denying evolution, the other confirming the creator; faith in transformations that remain fixed; faith in mutations and natural selection that add to a double negative for evolution; faith in fossils that embarrassingly show fixity through time, regular absence of transitional forms and striking testimony to a worldwide water deluge; a faith in time which proves to only promote degradation in the absence of mind; and faith in reductionism that ends up reducing the materialist's arguments to zero and forcing the need to invoke a supernatural creator."''<ref>Wysong, R.L. (1976). [https://books.google.com/books?id=yNev8Y-xN8YC&pg=PA419&dq=wysong+controversy+%22requires+plenty+of+faith%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RzgaVKW4FMXy8AHjgYGwAQ&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=wysong%20controversy%20%22requires%20plenty%20of%20faith%22&f=false ''The Creation-Evolution Controversy''] (Midland, MI:  Inquiry Press), p. 419.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks on September 17, 2014.</ref>}}

{{cquote|'''Dr. T.M. Lessl'''<br />''By calling evolution fact, the process of evolution is removed from dispute; it is no longer merely a scientific construct, but now stands apart from humankind and its perceptual frailties. Sagan apparently wishes to accomplish what Peter Berger calls "objectification," the attribution of objective reality to a humanly produced concept . . With evolution no longer regarded as a mere human construct, but now as a part of the natural order of the cosmos, evolution becomes a sacred archetype against which human actions can be weighed. Evolution is a sacred object or process in that it becomes endowed with mysterious and awesome power.''<ref>Lessl, Thomas M. (1985). "Science and the sacred cosmos: the ideological rhetoric of Carl Sagan".  ''Quarterly Journal of Speech'', vol. 71, no. 2, p. 178.  Quoted in "Evolutionism quotes".</ref>}}

{{cquote|'''Dr. T.M. Lessl'''<br />''By calling evolution fact, the process of evolution is removed from dispute; it is no longer merely a scientific construct, but now stands apart from humankind and its perceptual frailties. Sagan apparently wishes to accomplish what Peter Berger calls "objectification," the attribution of objective reality to a humanly produced concept . . With evolution no longer regarded as a mere human construct, but now as a part of the natural order of the cosmos, evolution becomes a sacred archetype against which human actions can be weighed. Evolution is a sacred object or process in that it becomes endowed with mysterious and awesome power.''<ref>Lessl, Thomas M. (1985). "Science and the sacred cosmos: the ideological rhetoric of Carl Sagan".  ''Quarterly Journal of Speech'', vol. 71, no. 2, p. 178.  Quoted in "Evolutionism quotes".</ref>}}

{{cquote|'''Dr. [[Michael Ruse|M. Ruse]] (evolutionist)'''<br />''Evolution is promoted by its practitioners as more than mere science. Evolution is promulgated as an ideology, a [[secular religion]] — a full-fledged alternative to Christianity, with meaning and morality. I am an ardent evolutionist and an ex-Christian, but I must admit that in this one complaint — and Mr. Gish is but one of many to make it — the literalists are absolutely right. Evolution is a religion. This was true of evolution in the beginning, and it is true of evolution still today.''<ref>Ruse, Michael (May 13, 2000). [http://www.omniology.com/HowEvolutionBecameReligion.html "Saving Darwinism from the Darwinians."].  ''National Post'', p. B-3.  Retrieved from Omniology.com as "How evolution became a religion" on September 15, 2014. Caution:  may be copyrighted; for fair educational use only.</ref>}}

{{cquote|'''Dr. [[Michael Ruse|M. Ruse]] (evolutionist)'''<br />''Evolution is promoted by its practitioners as more than mere science. Evolution is promulgated as an ideology, a [[secular religion]] — a full-fledged alternative to Christianity, with meaning and morality. I am an ardent evolutionist and an ex-Christian, but I must admit that in this one complaint — and Mr. Gish is but one of many to make it — the literalists are absolutely right. Evolution is a religion. This was true of evolution in the beginning, and it is true of evolution still today.''<ref>Ruse, Michael (May 13, 2000). [http://www.omniology.com/HowEvolutionBecameReligion.html "Saving Darwinism from the Darwinians."].  ''National Post'', p. B-3.  Retrieved from Omniology.com as "How evolution became a religion" on September 15, 2014. Caution:  may be copyrighted; for fair educational use only.</ref>}}