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EVOLUTION

(See also Atheism; Creation; Dating [Scientific]; Fossils; Geology; Kind [Genesis]; Missing Links; Mutations; Paleontology; Probability; Radioactive Dating; Spontaneous Generation)

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accepted as fact: w85 6/1 4; ce 179-183; g82 3/22 15; g78 8/22 7; g74 9/22 17-19, 26; ev 7-9; g67 4/22 5-6

acquired characteristics: g74 9/22 19; ev 12-14; g67 4/22 16; g54 2/8 7; lg 82; ew 19; g49 3/8 4; g49 7/22 16

Aegyptopithecus: ce 91

amphibians: ce 69, 72-73

ape-men: ce 83-98; g81 6/22 13-15; g73 10/22 18-21

apes: ce 69

appreciation for Awake!: g73 10/22 5, 28; g67 9/22 10-11

archaeology: g67 4/22 13; ms 180-181; g58 4/22 20-24; g53 6/22 8-12; ew 38

Archaeopteryx: ce 79-80; g82 3/8 28; g78 1/22 24

Aristotle: g78 11/8 29

astronomy: g75 6/22 18

Australia: g72 2/22 24-25; g69 1/8 5-6

Australopithecus: ce 93-94; g81 6/22 15; w77 424; w76 71; g76 6/8 29; g73 10/22 19-20; g72 4/22 30; g71 8/8 30; ev 83-85

baby not evolving in womb: w80 1/1 23; lg 78; g52 11/22 3-4; ew 6-7; g49 2/22 5-6

bacteria: g81 9/22 6-7

belief that enough time results in: w76 696

Bible view: ce 248; gh 70-71; g73 10/22 8-9, 22; w72 538; w71 43-51; ad 1061; kj 148-149; ev 124-126; g67 4/22 7, 13; ms 177-179; mg63 7; ns 296; g58 4/22 23-24; w57 7; g55 4/8 7; lg 87; g51 3/8 13-14; ew 31-46; w34 59-60

bird: ce 69, 75-80; g78 4/8 13-15; ad 235; w70 361; ev 56, 58; g63 4/22 9

blood tests: lg 79; ew 8-9; g49 2/22 4-5

book The Origin of Species (introduction to centennial edition): ce 14, 182-183; g73 10/22 6

brain: ce 18-19, 175-177; w58 579; g57 7/8 6

Buddhism: g72 2/22 17-18

catastrophism: ev 103-108; g65 11/8 7-8

Catholic Church: w85 6/1 3-4

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre: w85 6/1 7

cells: ce 44-49; g81 9/22 4-5; g73 10/22 9-12; g71 9/8 7; ev 26-31; g67 4/22 20-23; g67 12/8 19

chance: ce 43-47, 50; w83 3/15 7; sc 14-16; g82 9/8 5; g81 9/22 11; w78 7/15 6-7; g78 4/8 3; w76 696; g75 3/22 22-23; g63 4/22 4-5; g56 5/8 15-16; g55 4/8 6; g54 3/8 20-21; ew 35-36

chemical evolution: ce 38-46; w78 7/15 5-8; w74 720; ev 23; g67 4/22 9; g66 7/8 8-9

chimpanzee: w77 627; g75 6/8 30

chromosomes: g73 10/22 11-12

coelacanth: g72 6/8 29; g60 9/8 20; nh 56

communism: ml 13-14; ev 170

comparative anatomy: w63 295; lg 76-77; ew 5; g49 2/22 3-4

resemblance not proof: g74 9/22 24-25

confusion: g74 4/8 29; g74 12/22 30

contrasted with creation: ce 55, 112-113; g82 10/8 14-15; w78 6/15 11; g78 8/22 7-9

fossil record: ce 55-67, 70

controversy between creationism and: g83 3/8 12-15

cow: g83 1/8 24-26

criticism of: w79 5/15 28; w77 421-424; g76 7/22 29; ml 9-11; w74 720; g74 10/8 30

by scientists: ce 15-24, 180-183; g82 1/8 29; g81 9/22 20-21; w78 2/15 7

Cro-Magnon man: ce 95; ev 89-90; w64 589; g51 4/8 11; g49 3/8 8

crossbreeding: ce 108; g82 3/22 28

Darwin: w77 421; ml 7, 13; g74 9/22 20; g73 10/22 4-6, 15, 17, 23; w71 40, 48; g71 7/22 18; ev 8-9, 14-15, 35, 41, 43, 45, 170; g67 4/22 8, 11, 16-17, 28; g65 11/8 7-8; g63 4/22 8; g62 11/22 9; g61 1/22 6-7; lg 83; g52 11/22 7

belief in a Creator: ce 9; ml 7

belief in evolution not absolute: g78 4/8 16; w71 52-53

comment on origin of life: ce 9; ml 9

finds on the Galápagos no support for: ce 110; g81 6/8 16-19

no attempt to explain mental powers of creatures: ce 160

dating methods: g73 5/8 19; ev 97-103

radioactive dating: ce 96-98

debates: g79 10/22 23

definition: ce 10; ms53 112

disagreements among scientists: ce 14-24; w81 4/1 15

discussion: ce 7-11, 14-24, 38-70, 83-113, 142-143, 160-161, 171, 174-177, 179-187, 248-249; g83 3/8 12-15; g83 3/22 12-15; g82 3/22 15; g81 9/22 3-24, 26-27; g80 9/22 5-8; w78 7/15 5-8; g78 8/22 5-9; w77 421-424; g76 1/8 27-28; g74 9/22 17-26; g73 10/22 3-25, 28-30; w71 40-57; ev 5-130, 168-171; g67 4/22 3-29; w64 586-590; g63 4/22 4-11; w57 5-8; g55 4/8 4-8; g54 2/8 3-8; lg 76-87; g51 3/8 12-17; w50 420-424; ew 3-62; g49 2/8 3-8; g49 2/22 3-7; g49 3/8 3-11

dishonesty: ce 90; w81 4/1 15; g76 12/8 7-9; g74 9/22 19-20, 25-26; g73 10/22 7; ev 90-95; ms 180-181; g65 11/8 9; w63 295; g62 3/8 20; g61 1/22 6-7; g55 4/8 4-5; g54 2/8 4-8; g54 11/22 20; lg 78; g52 11/22 3-8

DNA: w74 720

not produced by chance: ce 45-46; g79 1/8 7

stability: ce 105

unexpected code variations present challenge: g85 10/22 29

doubts concerning: ce 18-19, 23; w82 10/15 18; g82 11/8 8-9; g79 11/8 6-7; w77 421-422; w76 39; g75 6/22 18, 30; g74 4/8 29; g73 10/22 4-7, 30

embryology: g54 2/8 6; lg 78; g52 11/22 3-4; ew 6-7; g49 2/22 5-6

“examples” of, today:

hybrids: ev 54-55

peppered moth: ce 105-107; ev 57

resistant strains of organisms: ce 107; w81 2/15 10; ev 59

experiences:

college students reject evolution: g78 8/22 6-7

evolutionists become Witnesses: g78 6/8 15; g78 9/22 23; g71 4/8 3-7; yb68 125-126; yb63 121

evolutionist sees error of his belief: w81 3/15 32

evolutionists seek study: yb69 211-212; yb68 124, 210-211

girl’s arguments force teacher to admit evolution is unproved theory: w76 18-19

Witnesses defend Bible truth in school: g78 5/8 12; w75 440-441, 443-444; g74 5/22 26; yb71 141; g70 9/22 18; g65 9/8 24; w61 119

eyes: ce 17-19; g76 12/8 17; g73 10/22 13-14; w72 388; g71 7/22 18

fireflies mystify evolutionists: g81 6/22 23

fish: ce 68-69, 71; g78 4/8 12-13; w75 715; g72 6/8 29

fossils: ce 19-21, 54-70, 79-80, 82; w84 7/15 21; w83 2/1 8; g83 2/22 17-20; g83 3/8 13; g82 1/8 29; g82 11/8 6; g81 1/22 30; g81 9/22 8-9, 22-24; w79 5/15 28; w78 6/15 11; g76 1/8 28; g75 6/22 30; g75 12/8 30; g74 4/8 29; g74 9/22 19-22; g74 11/22 30; g72 4/22 30; ev 9, 41-49, 78-95; g67 4/22 10-13; g67 11/22 20; ms 182; g65 1/8 13; w64 589; g64 9/22 4; g63 4/22 8-10; g62 10/22 9-11; g60 9/8 20; g58 10/8 14-15; g56 2/8 16-21; g54 2/8 7; g54 11/22 20; bn 25; lg 80; g52 8/8 19; g52 11/22 5-6; g51 3/8 15-16; w50 420-421; ew 12-17; g49 2/22 6-7; g49 3/8 5-7; g30 5/28 561

completeness of record: ce 57-59

distinct life forms: ce 62-69

failure to support gradual evolution: ce 19-21

lack of transitional forms: w77 423-424; g73 10/22 17-21

no link for platypus: g85 11/22 20

record anticipated by evolution: ce 55-56

sudden appearance of life: ce 59-66

frog: g75 6/8 30

Galley Hill man: g53 1/8 6

Genesis “kinds”: ce 107-110; w77 422-423; g76 1/8 27-28; g73 10/22 8-9, 11, 16-18, 21; ad 993; ev 50-59, 65, 69-73; g67 2/22 16; g67 4/22 12, 21-22; ms 178-179; g59 12/8 5-8; pa 14-15; g56 2/8 16-21; w55 279; g55 4/8 7; g55 9/8 21-23; w54 62; ms53 112; nh 48; bn 25; w52 715; g51 12/8 20-22; g51 12/22 12-16; ew 12-13, 16-17, 30-31; g40 4/3 19

genetic code: ce 45-46

geology: g83 2/22 19; g70 9/22 9

gorilla: g74 8/8 23

Greek philosophers: w78 5/15 25-26

gulfs between animal classes: ce 71-82

Heidelberg man: w54 68; g54 2/8 6; g51 4/8 10; ew 11; g49 3/8 8

history of: w78 5/15 25-26; w78 7/15 5; g78 11/8 29; g51 12/8 23; w50 422; ew 26-28; g49 2/8 3-4; w32 139-141

Homo erectus: ce 95; g81 6/22 15

hopelessness of evolutionary “hope”: g81 9/22 26

horse: ce 66-67; w78 6/15 11; g74 9/22 19-20; ev 47-48; g63 4/22 9; g52 12/8 8

human voice disproves: g72 1/22 10

Huxley, Thomas H.:

discussion with Bishop Samuel Wilberforce regarding evolution: g80 11/22 28

immunity disproves: g71 8/22 11-12

inconsistencies: g74 11/22 30

insects: ce 63, 68; g74 9/22 20-21; ev 57, 59; g67 4/22 17-18; g63 4/22 9; g52 2/22 12

instinct: ce 160-161; g81 9/22 16-17

Java man: g81 6/22 14; ev 86, 89-90, 93; g63 4/22 10; g58 4/22 19-20; w54 68; g54 2/8 5-6; g53 1/8 6; g51 4/8 9-10; g51 12/8 21; ew 10; g49 3/8 9

language: ce 175; g77 2/22 19; g72 2/22 25; g71 2/22 7-8; g71 3/8 11-12; ev 114; g63 4/22 11; w56 301; w50 423; ew 38; g48 8/22 16; g32 11/23 99-100

Leakey, Richard:

change in view regarding age of man: g82 6/22 29

claims regarding: g73 1/8 30

comment on amount of evidence available: ce 85

life in outer space: g73 5/22 3, 6, 11-13; w67 646

search for: g81 2/22 5-10, 14

mammals: ce 69, 80-81

man unique: ce 81-82, 168-170, 172-178; w75 208-209; g71 3/8 11-12; g59 3/8 5-7; pa 19; g57 7/8 5-8; w55 370-371

many-celled life: ce 68

mathematical improbability: ce 44-45, 47, 50; g79 10/22 23; w78 7/15 6-7

meaning of term: ce 10; w71 40; ev 5-6; g65 4/8 8

missing links: ce 83-98; g76 12/8 7-8; g73 10/22 17-21; g71 8/8 30; ev 44-49, 78-94; g67 4/22 11-12; g63 4/22 9-10; g58 4/22 19-20; g57 7/8 6; w54 67-69; g54 2/8 3-6; g54 3/8 18-19; g53 1/8 5-8; lg 79-80; g52 11/22 5-6; g52 12/8 3-8; g51 4/8 9-11; ew 9-12; g49 3/8 8-11; g30 5/28 561

problem of the platypus: g85 11/22 20

monkey: g79 10/22 23

monkeys’ view (poem): g44 12/6 2

monotheism: w57 44-48

“Mother Nature”: g61 11/22 5

mutations: ce 23, 99-111; g83 3/8 13; w81 2/15 10; g81 9/22 24; g75 3/22 23; g75 6/8 30; g74 9/22 22-24; g73 2/8 6; g73 10/22 12-15; w71 42; w69 215; g69 2/8 19; ev 16-21, 60-68; g67 4/22 17-19; g67 7/8 16; ms 183; w64 588; g63 6/8 31; g62 2/22 4; g62 11/22 10; g55 4/8 6; g55 8/8 21-22, 24; lg 83-84; g51 3/22 13-15; g51 12/8 23; w50 421-422; ew 21-25

fruit fly experiments: ce 104-105; g81 9/22 24

peppered moth: ce 105-107

natural selection: ce 22-23, 142-143, 171, 175-176; g81 9/22 11, 29; g79 1/8 7; w77 422; w76 167; g75 3/22 23; g74 9/22 22-23; g69 4/8 16; ev 14-16, 66-68; g67 4/22 16-18; lg 83; g52 11/22 7; g51 3/22 13; ew 19-20; g49 3/8 4-5

Neanderthal man: ce 95; g81 6/22 14-15; g69 3/22 8; ev 87-89; w64 589; w63 295; g63 4/22 9; g62 7/8 15; g62 11/22 10; g58 4/22 17-18; g53 1/8 6-7; lg 79; g52 11/22 6; g51 4/8 11; g51 12/8 21; ew 11; g49 3/8 8

origin of life: g82 11/8 8-9; g81 2/22 13-14; w76 696; ml 9-10; g74 9/22 20; g73 10/22 9-11; w71 44-45; g68 9/8 12; ev 23, 31; g67 4/22 7-9; g67 12/8 19; g65 4/8 7-8; g63 4/22 4-11; g62 2/22 4; lg 81; ew 18, 37; g31 11/25 117-118

not ‘chemical accident’: ce 38-47, 50-53; w78 7/15 5-8; w77 429

scientists unable to duplicate: ce 17

view of Fred Hoyle: g81 4/8 29

origin of theory: ce 248; w78 5/15 25-26

Peking man: ev 86, 92; w63 295; w54 68; g54 2/8 6; g53 1/8 6; g51 4/8 10-11; g51 12/8 21; ew 11

Piltdown man: ce 90; g81 1/8 29; g81 6/22 14; w79 1/15 27; g76 12/8 7-8; ev 93-94; ms 180; g63 4/22 10; g58 4/22 19-20; g57 7/8 6; w54 67-69; g54 2/8 3-5, 23; g53 1/8 6; lg 79; g51 4/8 10; g51 12/8 21; ew 10-11; g49 3/8 8

pitfalls in reasoning: g82 1/8 29; w78 7/15 6-7

plants: ce 68; g78 4/8 5-9; g77 8/22 30; g74 9/22 20; ev 62; w61 119; g56 2/8 16-21; g55 9/8 21-23; g48 5/22 16

prediction: w71 56-57

Protestant Churches: w85 6/1 4

punctuated equilibrium: ce 21-22, 100; w84 7/15 21; g83 2/22 20; g81 9/22 10-11

Ramapithecus: ce 91-93

reaction to insulin shock therapy not proof: g52 1/22 27

religious acceptance: g74 7/8 21-23; g73 10/22 22; w72 574; w71 46-51, 56; kj 148-149, 156; g68 4/22 13-14; g67 4/8 30; g67 4/22 3-5; g67 10/8 8-9; g64 4/22 9; g64 7/22 5-6; w63 55; g62 8/8 30; w58 447; w57 5-7; g57 4/22 14-15; lg 87; g51 3/22 24; g51 11/22 19; w50 422, 467; ew 29-31; g49 2/8 6-8; ci 44; g35 2/13 316; g33 12/20 190

Catholic Church: ce 185

view of pope’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences regarding: g83 3/22 30

reptiles: ce 69, 73-75; g74 9/22 21; ad 235; g63 4/22 8

results: g82 2/8 12; g82 10/8 5; g76 1/8 28; ml 12-14; g73 10/22 3, 23-25; w72 111, 617-618; dn 3, 5-6; w71 54-57; w71 286; w68 294-295; ev 168-171; g67 4/22 3-4; km 9/67 4, 6

alienation from God: ce 248

collapse of morals as a result of teaching: g81 9/22 27

decline in scientific integrity: ce 183

effect on students’ minds: w77 39

spiritism: w71 56

Satan’s purpose served by: ce 248

schools: g81 6/22 29

instruction in: ce 179-180; sj 28; w81 4/1 15; g79 10/22 23; g74 9/22 17, 26; w73 117-118; g73 10/22 6-7; w72 268; g72 10/22 29; w71 40-42; g70 9/22 17-18; g69 7/8 31; g69 11/22 31; ev 127-128; g67 4/22 3-6, 16, 19, 28; w64 381-382; g64 2/22 9

science not at issue: ce 9-10

scientists who speak of creation and a Creator: ce 9, 124-127, 151, 171; g83 6/8 28

sea life: g59 6/8 15; g51 7/8 10-11

sex: g58 10/8 13

Smithsonian’s evolution exhibit: g79 10/22 23

space programs: g75 2/8 29; g73 10/22 23-24; w71 40

spermatozoon: g76 9/22 19

spider: g75 5/22 23

spontaneous generation: ce 17, 38-47, 50-53; g83 3/22 14; g81 9/22 22; g80 9/22 7; g79 8/22 16; w78 7/15 5-8; lp 79-80; g74 9/22 20; ev 31-34; g67 4/22 8-9; g65 4/8 7-8; w64 586; g63 4/22 4-7; g62 3/8 12; w56 101; g54 3/8 18-27; nh 47; lg 81; ew 18

Hoyle’s (Fred) comment on: g82 3/22 29

impossibility: ce 40-47, 50-53

modern scenario: ce 38-40

Stone Age: g73 5/8 19-20

Tasaday people of Philippines provide evidence against: g77 8/22 15

teeth: g58 6/22 9; ew 38

time estimates: ce 96-98; g73 10/22 8-9, 20; g67 4/22 6, 8, 14-16; ms 182-183; g65 11/8 5; g63 4/22 16-18; g62 10/22 9-11; w61 391; g58 4/22 17-24; g56 11/8 8; g55 4/8 5-6; g54 2/8 7; g54 11/22 20; g52 2/8 13-20; g52 2/22 12-16; g52 8/8 19; g52 11/22 5; ew 11

Toynbee’s comment on: ml 7

trees: w75 715

uniformitarianism: g70 9/22 9; g65 11/8 6-9; g52 8/8 18-19

universe: ce 115-118, 120-127

vertebrates: ce 68; g74 9/22 21-22

vestigial organs: g74 2/8 16; g69 12/22 13; ev 95-96; w55 644; lg 78-79; ew 7-8; g49 2/22 6

why believed: ce 53, 179-187; g82 1/8 29; g81 9/22 19-24; g79 11/8 6-7; g78 8/22 4; g75 1/8 12; g74 9/22 18-19, 26; g73 12/22 30; ev 127-130; g67 4/22 28-29; ms 183-184; g65 4/8 8; g65 11/8 9; g64 8/22 6; g61 8/22 26; g58 10/8 15-16; g55 4/8 4-5; g49 2/8 5

by scientists: ce 183; g75 3/8 31

Creator not directly detectable: ce 186-187

failure of religion: ce 184-186

writing: ev 108-110; g63 4/22 11

zoology students refused to ask the “why” of evolution: w77 39

Quotations

account is science fiction: g69 2/22 19

a certain element of faith is necessary for the acceptance of: w81 4/1 15

adequate grounds to question evolution without any religious presuppositions: g79 11/8 6

all Australopithecine fossils would fit in a small closet: w76 71

an illusory and unjustified myth: g65 4/8 9

animals have same relation with each other as originally: g52 12/8 7

an increasing number of scientists argue that Darwinian evolutionary theory is no genuine scientific theory at all: ce 17

a real demoralization ensued [after Darwin’s book came out]: g81 9/22 27

argument is in favor of special creation: g67 4/22 6

a scientific mistake, untrue in its facts: g62 11/22 10

as if universe knew we were coming: w78 7/15 14

as to how and why it really happened, we have not the slightest idea and probably never shall: ce 16

at the center of the scientific enterprise is a sort of spiritual black hole: w82 10/15 18

baffling is how proteins and genes got together in first cell: w76 696

based on faith: ev 11; g67 4/22 6; g65 11/8 9; g49 2/8 5

being questioned by reputable scientists: ce 15

believing in evolution is an act of faith: w77 421-422

biologists cannot explain how prebiotic chemicals became organic life: g79 8/22 16

biologists unable to present convincing arguments to explain: g76 7/22 29

breeding procedures refute evolution: g73 10/22 16

can this history of events leading to man, with its clear direction, yet be undirected?: g82 9/8 4

chemical evolution not true science: w74 720

civilization during cave man’s time: g56 11/8 8

concept of evolution is fraught with multiple problems: g82 1/8 29

convenient weapon to meet fundamentalists: lg 86

creationists seem to have the better of the argument: lg 80; w50 421; ew 21

Darwin:

if numerous species have really started into life at once, the fact would be fatal to the theory of evolution: ce 57

to suppose that the eye could have been formed by [evolution], seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree: ce 18

Darwin in process of being discarded: w77 421; w76 167

Darwinism, after a century and a quarter, is in a surprising amount of trouble: ce 15

Darwinism fails to explain some of the most basic questions of all: ce 24

Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research program: g81 9/22 18

Darwin’s problem has not been alleviated in the last 120 years: w79 5/15 28

Darwin supported because his supporters are materialists: g79 11/8 6-7

data do not support: g61 8/22 26

diagrams really forgeries: lg 78

discoveries upset theory: g55 4/8 6

discrepancy between theories and facts: w52 645

dogmatism—not science: g79 11/8 6

each group born suddenly: g52 8/8 21; w50 421; g49 3/8 6

each species separate from every other: g53 1/8 8

Empedocles the father of the evolution idea: w78 5/15 26

entirely theory, no evidence for it: g65 11/8 6

even harder to accept the evolution of human intelligence as the product of random disruptions in the brain cells of our ancestors: ce 19

every step in fetal development is specifically human: w80 1/1 23

everything in evolution is very speculative: g71 3/8 11

evolution accepted because creation incredible: g81 9/22 23; w78 7/15 7

evolutionary sap no longer circulates: w52 644

evolutionary science reveals a disturbing predisposition towards belief before investigation: ce 182

evolution is most unlikely to get even one polypeptide right: w83 3/15 7

evolutionists because of philosophical opinions: g65 4/8 8

evolutionists suppress criticism: g73 10/22 6

evolution’s background is still an unsolved riddle: g82 10/8 15

exactly how evolution happened is now a matter of great controversy among biologists: ce 15

existence of homologous resemblances between organisms does not in itself prove that evolution has occurred: g83 2/22 17

existing theories of origin of life are unsatisfactory: w78 7/15 7

facts show no intermediates: g59 6/22 6

families appear suddenly: g73 10/22 17-18; ev 45

finding fossil remains fantastically remote: ev 9

first man was intellectual brother of modern man: g65 11/8 6

first part of evolutionary history missing: ev 42

form constant within any given line of descent: ev 50; g67 2/22 16

for several years chromosomal mutations were mistakenly assumed to be responsible for antibiotic resistance: w81 2/15 10

fossil record of plants is in favor of special creation: g81 9/22 23-24

fossils do not show continuous evolution: g65 1/8 13

Galley Hill man modern: g53 1/8 6

geology reveals no organic chain: lg 80; ew 14

great divergence among biologists about the causes, even the process, because the evidence is unsatisfactory: ce 14; g73 10/22 6

greatest hoax ever: ev 11; g67 4/22 7; g61 2/22 11

heredity takes us back to creationism: g51 12/8 22

high-ranking scientists reject: g73 10/22 5

history of man is a record of degeneration: w52 645

human fossil skulls exceptionally rare: ev 79

human version of evolutionary events was too simplistic for belief: w76 39

hypothesis collapses on origin of life: g73 10/22 10

idea result of long evolution itself: w41 164

if Darwinism were not considered socially desirable it would be otherwise: w83 3/15 7

impossible because during reconstruction creature could not hold own in competition with others: g41 12/10 30

insect fossils same as today: g49 2/22 7

in three crucial areas where [the modern evolution theory] can be tested, it has failed: ce 23

key word is “faith”: g82 3/22 15

know nothing about origin of life: g65 4/8 8

lacks actual mechanism and sheer plausibility: g75 6/22 30

laws of inorganic evolution contradict: w61 391

life only from similar life: g73 10/22 17

line leading to living man pure theory: ev 80

little evidence how it came about: lg 86

look in vain for links: g52 12/8 4

loose language and reasoning of evolutionists: g66 1/8 16

lowest point in intellectual degeneration: w52 490

lungfishes rejected as links: g52 12/8 5

man appeared substantially in same form as today: lg 81; ew 21; g49 3/8 7

man’s evolution remains mystery: g74 9/22 21-22

man unique, abyss separates from animals: g73 12/22 30

many links will continue to be missing: ev 46

materialistic philosophy is height of unintelligence: rm 23

missing link remains a phantom: w54 68; lg 79-80

missing links are misinterpretations: w54 68; lg 80; ew 12

modern genetics disproves acquired characteristics: lg 82

modern man cannot be traced to extinct types: w54 68; lg 79; g49 3/8 9

modern man not descendant of Neanderthal: g53 1/8 7

more fossils needed: g30 5/28 561

more illogical than biological: g72 2/8 30

more philosophy than evidence: g74 12/22 30

most explanations are suggestions, hunches, pipe dreams: w77 421

most mutations harmful: g73 10/22 13

much of the opposition to evolution comes from scientists: w81 4/1 15

mutations 99 percent undesirable: ev 62; w64 588

mutation theory may be relegated to limbo of discarded hypotheses: lg 84; g51 12/8 23

natural selection cannot explain arrival of fittest: lg 83; g49 3/8 4

natural selection cannot originate characters: lg 83

Neanderthal man not ancestor of modern man: w64 589

no absolute proof: g52 11/22 8

nobody seems to blow the whistle decisively on the theory: w83 3/15 7

no cases of slow and steady transformation—not for horses, not for humans: w78 6/15 11

no chemist can start life: w64 586

no living form ancestor of another: g53 1/8 5

non-conforming fossils forgotten or destroyed: w54 68; lg 79

not a single connecting link has been found: g53 1/8 6

not a single fact proving: g68 7/22 24

not a single fact that gives explanation of birth of life: lg 81; ew 18

not demonstrated at all: g63 4/22 11

no theory at all preferable to existing one: w77 421

nothing excludes possibility of special creation: w69 568

not one iota of fact: g61 2/22 11

no transitional forms: lg 81

not slightest evidence that any group arose from any other: lg 80

not very scientific: w69 183

no useful mutations: lg 84

one with three million noughts is odds against chance producing a horse: g75 3/22 23

only alternative special creation: g65 11/8 9; lg 85-86; g49 2/8 5

only completely furnished first organism could reproduce: g56 5/22 8

origin of species has been presented as if it were finally settled. Nothing could be further from the truth: ce 24

our explanations for evolution are inadequate: g82 10/8 15

paleontology knows no ancestors of man: w54 68; lg 79

paleontology looks back upon a colorful history of falsified fossils: g82 11/8 6

people have been duped into believing that any intelligent person could not seriously consider creation as an alternative to evolution: g82 1/8 29

picture consistent with special creation: ev 43

potentially one of those times in science when a long-held idea is overthrown by the weight of contrary evidence: ce 16-17

primitive forms first called into life by Creator: ew 18

probability for spontaneous existence of a self-reproducing unit of any kind is zero: w78 2/15 7

proof has not been provided: g65 4/8 9

rarely clear that descendants were better adapted: ce 64

represents low intellect: g52 1/22 27

resulted in ruthless competition, warfare and nationalism: g76 1/8 28

science failed to prove theory: g72 10/22 29

scientific data for the Creation model is far better than the evolution model: g79 10/22 23

scientists in direct opposition to theory: g73 10/22 4

shrew does not change: g51 7/8 27

since Cro-Magnon man human brain decreasing in size: ev 89; w64 589

so inadequate that it deserves to be treated as a matter of faith: ce 24

some of the most troublesome questions remain unanswered: g79 11/8 6

special creation would solve problem of complexity of genes: g79 1/8 7

spontaneous generation definitely disproved: lg 81; ew 18

stages of horse appeared suddenly: g52 12/8 8

staggered by difficulties: ev 8

study of early evolution educated guesswork: ev 27; g67 4/22 9

sudden appearance of fossils not easily explained: g51 3/8 15

the concept of evolution cannot be considered a strong scientific explanation for the presence of the diverse forms of life: ce 70

the evolution theory lacks a proper foundation: ce 40

the eye appears to have been designed; no designer of telescopes could have done better: ce 18

the facts and interpretations on which Darwin relied have now ceased to convince: ce 182-183

the more one studies paleontology, the more certain one becomes that evolution is based on faith alone: g81 9/22 22-23

theory is being questioned by reputable scientists: g81 9/22 20

theory rejected by many because it conflicts with Bible: w71 45

there are many holes in the evolutionist theory, as any objective scientist will agree: g81 1/22 30

there is no other way in which we can understand the precise ordering of the chemicals of life except to invoke the creations on a cosmic scale: ce 53

time that young can hear both sides: g78 8/22 5

transitional forms not found: g52 8/8 19

unproved and unprovable: g81 9/22 23; g64 8/22 6; w58 618; g54 2/8 8; lg 85; ew 17; g49 2/8 5

unsatisfactory characteristics of absolute creation: ce 75; g57 4/22 6; lg 81; w50 421; ew 17

vagueness approaching mysticism: g76 7/22 29

we act on assumptions: g51 3/8 14

we admit there are gaping holes in the evidence for evolution: w77 421-422

weakened faith in natural selection: w72 388

we believe it because the only alternative is creation, and that is unthinkable: g81 9/22 23

we must admit that the only acceptable explanation is creation: g81 9/22 21

we still have not the slightest demonstrable or even plausible idea of how evolution really took place: ce 16

wild guesses: g71 12/22 29

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