EVOLUTION
(See also Atheism; Creation; Dating [Scientific]; Fossils; Geology; Kind [Genesis]; Missing Links; Mutations; Paleontology; Probability; Radioactive Dating; Spontaneous Generation)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
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
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
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
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