WHY THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION?
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WHY THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION?         


Author: Hamady
Date: Sep 9, 2008 14:40

For some people the theory of evolution or Darwinism has only
scientific connotations, with seemingly no direct implication in their
daily lives. This is, of course, a common misunderstanding. Far beyond
just being an issue within the framework of the biological sciences,
the theory of evolution constitutes the underpinning of a deceptive
philosophy that has held sway over a large number of people:
Materialism.

Materialist philosophy, which accepts only the existence of matter and
presupposes man to be 'a heap of matter', asserts that he is no more
than an animal, with 'conflict' the sole rule of his existence...
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Re: WHY THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION?         


Author: Robert Cohen
Date: Sep 10, 2008 05:40

On Sep 9, 5:40 pm, Hamady gmail.com> wrote:
> For some people the theory of evolution or Darwinism has only
> scientific connotations, with seemingly no direct implication in their
> daily lives. This is, of course, a common misunderstanding. Far beyond
> just being an issue within the framework of the biological sciences,
> the theory of evolution constitutes the underpinning of a deceptive
> philosophy that has held sway over a large number of people:
> Materialism.
>
> Materialist philosophy, which accepts only the existence of matter and
> presupposes man to be 'a heap of matter', asserts that he is no more
> than an animal, with 'conflict' the sole rule of his existence.
> Although propagated as a modern philosophy based on science,
> materialism is in fact an ancient dogma with no scientific basis.
> Conceived in Ancient Greece, the dogma was rediscovered by the
> atheistic philosophers of the 18th century. It was then implanted in
> the 19th century into several science disciplines by thinkers such as
> Karl Marx, Charles Darwin and Sigmund Freud. In other words science
> was distorted to make room for materialism.
> The past two centuries have been a bloody arena of materialism: ...
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