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Rise of the Evolution Fraud

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The book has six sections, the first of which describes how evolutionism was a belief that actually existed prior to the 18th century. Sections 2-4 develop Bowden's premise that Lyell and a few others conspired to destroy Biblical standards by making evolutionism part of science. The fifth section explains the philosophical implications of evolutionism and the final section relates the results that Bowden believes evolutionism has brought (and will bring) upon mankind. He makes a strong case that Darwin was duped by Charles Lyell who wanted to destroy the Biblical basis of science. Lyell, trained as an attorney, was well off and could devote time to study geology. The science of geology was weak then and Lyell's concept of Uniformitarianism and long ages of time were more readily accepted as factual. With the help of other men, Lyell used Darwin's book to reach his devious goal of attacking the Bible without making direct criticisms. T. H. Huxley, who had bouts of depression, used Darwin's work to make himself famous while ridiculing Christian doctrine. Bowden provides much insight into the famous debate Huxley had with Bishop Samuel Wilberforce which reveals the viscousness of Huxley. Another factor contributing to the rise of evolutionism was a weak church and attacks on the Bible by theological modernists. According to Bowden, Darwin was a catastrophist for the entire voyage of the Beagle. Darwin was basically a nice guy whose ambition and vanity made him a tool of Lyell and others. Bowden argues that Darwin's scientific methods were amateurish and his treatise was full of faulty logic. Darwin appealed to the pride of the young and the laymen and the Origin of Species became the rallying point to attack Christianity in the name of science.

Owned it twenty years ago, gave it away when I moved. Been looking ever since. Excellent read. Touches all of the major scientific points and blows naturalistic darwinism out of the water, which is not hard to do now, but was then. I recommend finding and reading this book, and also that it is reprinted and updated.