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The noted scientist, A. R. Wallace, who put forth the theory of Evolution contemporaneously with Darwin, said, shortly before his death in his ninety-first year:
"I have come to the general conclusion that there has been no advance either in intellect or morals since the days of the earliest Egyptians. Everything is as bad as it possibly can be. There exist in our midst horrors and dreadful diseases never known before. Our whole social environment is rotten, full of vice and everything that is bad."
Had Mr. Wallace lived to see the conditions in the world resulting from the great European War he would have had to admit that things could be even worse than they were then.
The Spread Of The Theory Accounted For
Finally we call attention to the pertinent fact that the presence and working of the law of Evolution in human affairs has furnished Spencer and others with such apt illustrations, and they have used them so skilfully, that many fail to see the important fact to which we are here calling attention, namely, that the instances of Evolution to which they are able to point lie always in the realm of human institutions.
To this point we ask careful attention, for in it is found the explanation of what every intelligent person will ask, namely, how comes it that a theory, for which there has never been the slightest proof, but which, on the contrary, is opposed to all the facts of human observation, has met with such wide acceptance among intelligent people? The reason is that, in the field which lies nearest to man, and in which he can most easily observe, there is Evolution; not only in localities but everywhere; and not only occasionally but always.
It was easy, therefore, to make the assumption that, in the more remote fields of Nature, the same law of progressive changes was in control; and the fact that "varieties" of plants and animals could be produced by artificial breeding, gave a color of support to the theory. That theory once formulated and proclaimed, it would inevitably be received exultantly by all who are biased against the truth of man?s fall and depravity, and so it was sure of strong and enthusiastic support.
The Fatal Bias
On this point we quote again from Prof. Graebner:
"The warfare of philosophy against Christian faith is readily explained. Man is corrupt. He loves sin. He is conscious of his guilt and fears the penalty. Hence every avenue of escape is welcome, if only he can persuade himself that there is no God, no judgment. Man is proud, he desires no Saviour. Hence the effort to prove that no Saviour is needed, that there is no guilt attaching to sin, that there is no absolute right and wrong. Hence too the doctrine of the Agnostic that we can ascribe no attributes to God. When we read the ?Synthetic Philosophy? of Spencer we are apt to believe that the agnosticism there set forth is the result of deep philosophical speculation. Nothing could be further from the truth. Man, even cultured philosophical man, wants to have no restrictions placed upon pride and selfishness; hence it is necessary to rid the mind of the fear of Divine justice; hence the desire to demonstrate that God has no attributes, such as that He is ?just,? for instance. The Psalmist describes this attitude in the words, ?Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.?
"No one who has grasped the inner motive of all ?Scientific? effort to demolish faith, can fail to understand why the many greet with such jubilant acclaim every new attack upon the Biblical narrative.
No one who has pondered this motive can be snared in the net of ?science, falsely so called.? He has seen its inwardness, he knows its fatal bias."
The Law Of Sin And Death
The law of Evolution then is strictly confined to one realm, the sphere of human affairs; and therein it has full sway. It is the law or rule of action of a fallen race. It is "the law of sin and death" (#Ro 8:2). It has no place in the Kingdom of God, or in any sphere which sin has not invaded. It arises solely from man?s efforts to improve his wretched condition, and from blindness to God?s way of recovering and restoring His perishing human creatures.
Man, having discovered that Evolution is the rule of procedure in the realm of his own doings, has imputed the same law to his Maker, thus fulfilling the Scripture, "Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself."
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