Urgent! ! Is it the church's oppression of Darwin or its attitude towards evolution?

The trilogy of theology attacking science

Science is an activity of human beings to explore the truth of nature, and its fundamental purpose is certainly not aimed at theology and God, but the discovery of science often brings a devastating impact on Christian teachings. In the face of this fundamental blow that comes with science revealing the truth, the church will naturally not let go. Therefore, in history and reality, there have been scenes in which theology attacked science.

Generally speaking, the attack of theology on science can be divided into three stages.

1. In a general sense, quote Bible verses and sentences to oppose new scientific discoveries. The arrogance of Christian theology makes the church and theologians often disdain the major scientific discoveries that have just come out. It may be because these discoveries are still in their infancy, or it may be because they seem harmless to teachings on the surface, which makes them seem unworthy of theologians' attention. Even if they take the time to express their views, theologians believe that the use of biblical words, even if they only use literal meanings, can completely refute these scientific trivia. However, the church often underestimates the ability of science and the destructive power of scientific discovery to doctrine, so the second stage is inevitable.

2. Oppose science with major theories and viewpoints in theology. At this stage, the new scientific theory is supported by more and more evidence, and the impact on theology and even the shaking of the foundation of doctrine is imminent, and it gradually gains sympathy and praise among ordinary people, showing an irresistible momentum. Only then did the church discover that there was nothing wrong with strangling this scientific "heresy" in the cradle, so it dispatched authoritative theologians, set up Katyusha rockets of various theological theories, and launched a round of onslaught on the thriving new scientific theory. However, under the impetus of human exploration of nature and the pressure of religion and secularism, scientific truth is becoming more and more brilliant and truly mature like a diamond. At this time, any major and famous theological theory and authority, in the face of the simple glory of scientific theory, can only helplessly show their smallness and have to struggle to enter the third stage.

3. Try to reconcile the scripture with the facts confirmed by science in an extremely far-fetched way. At this point, the church and theologians know that they are at the end of their rope, and it is useless to despise, abuse, suppress, curse and fight. Mature scientific theory has been guiding further scientific exploration and deeply rooted in people's hearts. It is useless to continue cursing with scripture, and it is weak and ridiculous to argue with theology again. It seems that the Christian church also understands the old adage of "harmony is precious" in China, so it has to offer an olive branch to make peace with science. However, after all, the church can't put down the shelf of a noble god, and peace should also have the taste of "wooing". So theologians put down their quill pens, dug up moldy scriptures with Lamian Noodles's superb skills, and turned them up and down for a while, and came to the conclusion that this new scientific discovery was only predicted in the Bible a long time ago. Look at one, two, three, and so on. On the other hand, after grasping the straws, the church and the Pope proudly announced their gratitude to the scientists for their work inspired by God, which once again showed the glory of God.

At this point, the compromise and failure of theology declared the victory of scientific truth.

"Looking at the history and reality of human understanding of the world, there are early astronomy and geology, and recently there is evolution. This trilogy of theology and science is repeated. I can't help asking, what kind of theoretical system and the organizations and people around this system can direct and perform such a trilogy?

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Usually, knowledgeable westerners are deists or agnostics-Engels called them "shy" materialists.

Like Voltaire, he is not an atheist, but a deist. He advocates a tolerant attitude towards different religious beliefs and has been fighting against religious prejudice all his life, but he believes that religion is essential as a means to curb human lust and bad habits. He believes that he wants to rule the people; Religion is indispensable. He said, "Even without God; We must also create a god. "

As far as the creator is concerned, there are actually two versions:

First of all, the wonderful thing is that we can't understand the creator, and we can't understand it without clues. This creator, with our human reason, is really impossible to falsify, at least for now, that is to say, we can't prove that it doesn't exist. On the contrary, a lot of evidence shows that there seems to be such a creator, and the world is more reasonable.

Facing the first creator, our human reason knows nothing except its behavior with great possibility.

The act of inference is that it may have created everything.

As for how old it is, what it looks like, whether it is a man or a woman, what it has said, and what it has done besides playing with creation, we know nothing!

This is the real origin of philosophical agnosticism!

Because we can't perceive the possible reasons for our existence, there is agnosticism!

Secondly, it is the so-called trinity, all-powerful and all-good god in the Christian Bible. A trinity, omnipotent, omnipotent, as the starting point and end point of all morality, the so-called God who has told a whole book can't exist at all. This so-called creator, hehe, is simply the zero of human reason.

If it doesn't talk, everything will be fine, but it is down-to-earth and does what it says, which is obviously false, because it has equated itself with our state of existence while talking and doing, and it is not meaningless in philosophy and needs to be tested by our rationality.

Conclusion: It can be proved that God in the Christian Bible can't exist!

But we don't know whether the creator who hides well, says nothing and does nothing exists.

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Don't give false testimony against others.

-The Bible Deuteronomy

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My feud with pseudoscience can be traced back to one day in 1994. At that time, the first Chinese forum on the Internet, a newsgroup abbreviated as ACT, was in its golden age, and I posted articles there almost every day. At that time, ACT attracted tens of thousands of China students from all over the world to study. Christian missionaries will naturally not let go of this propaganda position, and missionary articles can often be seen here. Like most ACT readers, I skipped all these missionary articles. But someone posted a book "Science and Belief" that day, which I thought was a book about philosophy of science. When I opened it, I realized that this was also preaching. However, a passage at the beginning of the book dazzles me: "Darwin was regarded as a pioneer of evolution in his early years, but he repented in his later years and became a fanatical Christian, and he was deeply ashamed of his specious evolution." Because of my professional and personal interests, I am quite familiar with Darwin's life and thoughts. Seeing that the father of modern biology was so slandered, I feel I can't keep silent any longer. From then on, my confrontation with pseudoscience, especially creationism, began.

At that time, I had given evidence to prove that Darwin's statement that he abandoned evolution and converted to Christianity in his later years was deceptive, and I began to refute other attacks on evolution in Wei Yan's books one by one. My criticism was given to Wei Yan (he is a China missionary who lives in Los Angeles and doesn't surf the Internet). In response to my accusation, Wei Yan denied his mistake and claimed that he would conduct an in-depth investigation into Darwin's confession, but in order to show that he was "open-minded and self-sufficient", he decided to delete this passage immediately. The latter is also deceptive. In the later editions of Science and Belief (including the second issue of Journal of Yanjing Theological Seminary 1995, a book published in the name of God as seen by a medical scientist) and currently included in the electronic versions of Chinese Christian websites, this passage is still word for word. This lie is still repeated in Christian propaganda materials. For example, the Bible and Science, written by samuel lamb, a missionary in Guangzhou, is said to be quite influential among Christians in China. In the book, Darwin is listed as a "Christian scientist" and vividly says: "He is an Englishman and the originator of evolution. But when he died, he said to a priest,' I am willing to take back my lifelong theory.' The priest said,' this is impossible, because now everyone from primary school students to college students knows your theory.' Later, he said to the priest, "Then please pray to God for me and ask God to forgive my sins." So the priest prayed for him. He died after accepting Christ. At the end of Darwin's famous English version of the Origin of Species, there is a sentence:' Life is wonderful and great. It was originally given to one or several animals by the creator. Darwin's students, your teacher has accepted Christ, but you still have to sing that he wants to come back! There is a passage in his autobiography:' I think primitive life began with the God of Creation. Without the ultimate reason, the universe cannot exist. I've never done it in my life.

Atheistic, opposed to the existence of God. Finally, he admitted that evolution was just a fantasy when he was young. "

All this, including the words "Darwin's autobiography", is a fabrication. How Darwin evaluates Christianity in his autobiography will be discussed in detail later. The Gospel Witnesses Association, an overseas religious organization, has published a large number of publicity materials aimed at believers and Taoists at home and abroad in China. There is also an article "Darwinists finally believe in God", which is even more serious: "Darwin traveled around the world on the Hound from 183 1 year to 1836 to explore this animal, because he wanted to find an animal between humans and monkeys to prove his theory. New Zealand is the darkest place after the report; People there have no clothes and shoes, live in nests in trees, kill babies and sacrifice them to idols, ignoring women's bloody battles, fraud, binge drinking, fornication and so on. Tuas claimed that it would take another 2000 years for such people to be like people today. However, when he went there again, it was completely different because Christianity had been introduced. People built houses to live in, installed windows, cultivated fields and planted trees, and got rid of bad habits. Darth can't come here without praising the power of Christ! Shame on the naive mistakes of this theory. So he paid a lot of money, bought a lot of bibles and distributed them to the natives everywhere. He said here,' I admit that primitive life began with the god of creation, and the universe cannot exist without an extreme reason.' (See Darwin's autobiography) A summary of the interview between Mrs. Hope and Mr. Darwin. She said: In his later years, Dahl was often ill in bed and saw him wearing purple pajamas with some pillows beside the bed to support his body; Holding the bible in his hand, his fingers kept twitching and he said with a sad face,' I used to be a child with disorganized thoughts. I didn't expect my idea to spread like wildfire and gain the belief of many people. I'm surprised. He took a deep breath and talked about "the holiness of God" and "the greatness of the Bible". He also said,' There are nearly thirty people living near my villa, and you need to explain the Bible to them urgently. I will gather my servants, tenants and neighbors tomorrow afternoon. Pointing to a room outside the window, "do you want to talk to them?" I asked him, "What are we talking about?" He said,' Christ Jesus and his redemption, isn't this the best topic? When he said these words, his face was full of brilliance. I can't forget his incidental sentence:' If you hold it at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, I will open this window, and at the same time, do you know that I am singing a hymn with you!' "

The record of "Darwin's autobiography" quoted in it is also fabricated. When Darwin traveled around the world with the Beagle, he was an orthodox Christian, and it was the facts he observed during the voyage that made him start thinking about biological evolution. 10.2, he returned to England after sailing around the world and never left England again. After creating the theory of evolution (marked by the publication of the Origin of Species in 1859), it is impossible to go to New Zealand to "praise the power of Christ"! The theory of creating with shame is naive and wrong. "This propaganda material mentioned" a summary of an interview between Mrs. Hope and Mr. Darwin "(the translation of the dialogue is not accurate, but the basic meaning is in line with the original text), which is indeed the whole basis of the lie about Darwin's confession in his later years (or dying). Who is this Mrs. Hope?

This person, whose original name was elizabeth cotton, was born in Tasmania, Oceania in 1842 and married Sir James Hope of Admiral of the fleet, England, so she was awarded the title of "Lady". 19/kloc-immigrated to the United States in 0/3, and 1922 died in England. Mrs. Hope is an enthusiastic missionary who is keen on social activities (especially the campaign against alcoholism). In a sermon in Massachusetts, she told her the story of Darwin's confession. The Christian church got this treasure and asked her to write an article and publish it. This "interview summary" between her and Darwin was published in a Christian journal in the United States in 19 15, 33 years after Darwin's death (1882). But before that, Mrs. Hope had told people that Darwin had confessed to her before he died. This rumor appeared shortly after Darwin's death. 1887 On February 8th, Francis, the son of Darwin, pointed out in his letter to thomas huxley that it was "wrong and groundless" that Darwin gave up the theory of evolution on his deathbed. After Mrs. Hope's article was published, Francis further pointed out in the letter1965438+May 28, 2008: "What Mrs. Hope said about my father's religious views is very untrue. I have publicly accused her of fabricating facts, but I have not seen any reply. " 1922, Darwin's daughter Henrietta wrote a letter to a Christian weekly in London, which said, "I supported my father until he died. When he died of a serious illness, or when he got other diseases, Mrs. Hope was not with him. I believe my father has never seen her, and she has no influence on my father's thoughts and beliefs. He never regretted any of his scientific views, either then or earlier. We think the story about his confession was made up in America. The whole story is sheer nonsense. "

Darwin's children denied that Mrs. Hope had seen Darwin. In all the historical materials about Darwin, there is no record that Darwin met or knew Mrs. Hope. For example, in the letters of Darwin and Darwin's relatives, Mrs. Hope was never mentioned. Mrs. Hope's description of Darwin and his residence is quite accurate (such as the style of Darwin's pajamas), which shows that she seems to have seen Darwin at Darwin's home, but some are very inaccurate. For example, Darwin told her, "I have a summer house in the garden, which can accommodate about 30 people." In fact, Darwin's villa is too small to accommodate so many people. She said that when Darwin published the theory of evolution, he said that he was a "young man without mature thoughts", but in fact Darwin spent more than 20 years collecting evidence to establish the theory of evolution, and he was 50 years old when the Origin of Species was published. She said Darwin had been in bed for several months when she met him, but in fact Darwin had never been in bed for so long. Darwin died on 1882 and 19 in April. It was spring. Mrs. Hope claimed that she met Darwin on "a bright autumn afternoon", and it could only be the autumn of the previous year at the latest. Before that, Darwin had the habit of walking along the sand trail every afternoon and never stayed in bed. His habit of walking lasted until March 7. Darwin didn't stop working in the last month before his death. The day before his death, he was still making experimental records for Francis.

Before Darwin died, only his wife Emma and his children were present. His last words were to Emma, "Tell all my children and remember that they are always so kind to me." "I'm not afraid of death at all." His position on evolution and atheism remained unchanged until his death. Two months before his death, he wrote three letters in which he reiterated his views on evolution. In the last autumn of Darwin's life, on September 28th, 188 1, he received two famous atheists at home. In the dialogue, Darwin believes that there is no evidence to support Christianity. However, he disagreed with their practice of promoting atheism to the public, and thought that the position of atheism was only suitable for educated people, and the time for the general public to accept it was not yet mature. He also mentioned that even he thought about it for a long time, and it was not until he was 40 years old (mainly because of the death of his daughter Anne) that he completely abandoned Christianity. This meeting and conversation has a very reliable historical record. Who can believe that Darwin suddenly confessed to a missionary at this time?

Darwin's position of unbelief and opposition to Christianity can be seen from his handwritten articles in his later years. His autobiography was mainly written in 1876, but it was still being revised in the last year of his life. This autobiography is for his children, not for publication. It not only introduced his theory of evolution and was proud of his contribution in this respect, but also attacked Christianity so frankly and violently that it was abridged at the request of his wife Emma (a devout Christian) when it was published after his death (1887), and it was not published completely until the 1950s. Darwin used a special chapter in his autobiography to explain his beliefs, refuted all kinds of evidence about the existence of God, thought that there was no reason to think that God existed, and introduced his process of spurning Christianity:

"When I was on the Beagle, I was very orthodox. I remember that when I quoted the Bible as an irrefutable authority on a certain aspect of morality, I was laughed at by several officers (although they were very orthodox themselves). I think it's because the novelty of this argument makes them feel interesting. However, from the obviously false world history in the Old Testament, such as the Tower of Babel and the rainbow as a signal, I gradually realize that the Old Testament is not more trustworthy than the sacred books of Hinduism or the beliefs of any barbarian. This question is rising in my heart and lingering-can we believe this? If God revealed to Indians, would faith in him be linked with faith in Vishnu and Shiva, just as Christian faith is linked with the Old Testament? This is unbelievable to me.

"Need to have the most obvious evidence, to make any rational person believe those who support the Christian miracle. The more we know about the laws of nature, the less credible miracles are. People at that time were so ignorant and credulous that we could hardly understand them. There is no proof that the gospels were written at the same time as the events. And they are different from each other in many important details, which is too important. In my opinion, it must be admitted that they come from unreliable witnesses. Because of these reflections listed above-I put them forward not because they are fresh or valuable, but because they have influenced me-I gradually no longer believe that Christianity is sacred. The fact that many false religions spread like wildfire to most parts of the earth is also very important to me. The morality of the New Testament looks beautiful, but it is hard to deny that its perfection depends in part on what we now consider to be the interpretation of symbols and fables.

"But I still didn't want to give up my faith at that time-I was sure about it, because I still clearly remember that I often daydreamed and found letters or manuscripts of ancient Roman celebrities in Pompeii or other places, confirming all the facts mentioned in the Gospels in the most magical way. But I found that even if I have unlimited imagination, it is increasingly difficult to fabricate enough evidence to convince me. In this way, doubt grew in my heart at a very slow speed, but it was finally completed. The speed was so slow that I didn't feel distressed, and even after that, I didn't doubt my conclusion for a second. Really, it's hard for me to understand why people want Christianity to be true, because if so, its scriptures express in clear language that all those who don't believe in Christ, including my father, brother and almost all my best friends, will be punished forever.

"This is really a cursed doctrine."

Darwin clearly declared that "I never doubted for a second that my conclusion was correct", but Christian missionaries just wanted to create a rumor about his repentance in his later years, and the only basis was the testimony of a fanatical missionary. Darwin's wife Emma is a very devout Christian. If Darwin accepts Christianity, she should be the happiest. Why didn't Darwin confess to her? Why not let her know that she has "reformed" shows that this testimony is completely untenable emotionally and intellectually. Worst of all, Mrs. Hope has never met Darwin at all, and fabricated the interview summary out of thin air; Most likely, she had met Darwin without the knowledge of the Darwin family. Perhaps Darwin praised her social work to help the poor out of courtesy. Perhaps Darwin also expressed dissatisfaction with the "social Darwinism" that advocated the law of the jungle in his name, so she deceived herself and fabricated the story that Darwin gave up evolution and converted to Christianity. The only reason why Christian missionaries firmly believe in this isolated case is that they hope that Madam, as a devout Christian, will not commit perjury. However, we know that devout Christians will give false testimony, especially when preaching. The mileage I mentioned before is the same as Kun's, and so is Samuel Lamb. Their god may not mind his followers perjury for him, but they do.

Missionaries fabricated rumors of Darwin's repentance in order to show that the theory of evolution was not established. Whether a scientific theory is established depends only on whether the evidence supporting it is conclusive. Even if Darwin went back on his word later, he couldn't erase the countless evidences supporting evolution. Therefore, the main purpose of debunking this rumor is not to prove the correctness of evolution, but to safeguard the reputation of a great scientist. Darwin was not the only great scientist slandered by Christian missionaries. Another common victim is Einstein. Samuel Lamb also listed Einstein as a "Christian scientist" in the book Bible and Science, and Wei Yan also claimed in the book Science and Faith: "Einstein, who made an epoch-making contribution to modern physics after Newton, also believed in God. He said,' I am completely convinced that the infinitely superior god shows his existence in trivial things that our weak hearts can perceive. That's how my faith was formed. In my mind, I am convinced that there is a transcendental wisdom in the incredible universe, which constitutes our belief in God. "Newton and Einstein are masters of science. They are brilliant superstars. So far, no one can compare with their achievements in science and their contribution to the development of science. But science did not make them deviate from God, but deepened their reverence for God. Comparing these brilliant examples, it is surprising that so many people use science as an excuse to rashly deny the existence of God. If science and the existence of God are really incompatible, then Newton and Einstein should be the first people to deny God's belief, but the fact is just the opposite. Why is this? Don't Newton and Einstein really understand science, and only those atheists really understand the true meaning of science? How many scientists among atheists can be compared with Newton and Einstein? "

Fortunately, this lie began to spread before Einstein died, which made it possible for Einstein to clarify himself. 1On March 22nd, 954, a mechanic wrote to Einstein, mentioning that he had read an article about Einstein's religious beliefs and expressed doubts about the authenticity of the article. Einstein wrote back on 24th, saying, "What you read about my religious belief is of course a lie, a lie that is systematically repeated. I don't believe in a personified God, and I have never denied it, but I have expressed it clearly.

If there is anything in my heart that can be called religion, it is endless admiration for the world structure that our science can reveal. "

Einstein sometimes talks about God or God, but he refers to Spinoza's God, which is synonymous with nature, rather than a supernatural, personality and conscious God who manipulates human destiny. Similarly, there is the famous contemporary astrophysicist Hawking. Because he compared the general theory of physics to "God's thought" at the end of his famous book A Brief History of Time, missionaries kept saying that he believed in God. In fact, Hawking made it clear in the interview that this is just a traditional saying in Newton's time and a metaphor. He doesn't believe it.

There really is a God.

Science is based on rationality, and scientific research is based on the assumption that God does not exist, so she and religion based on superstition are essentially irreconcilable. In Newton's time, science was still in its infancy, and almost everyone in the West believed in God. Newton just left God a position of first promotion, which is already commendable. Today, it is common for outstanding scientists not to believe in God, except for believing in God, even in countries where religion is prevalent. For example, according to a survey, the proportion of Americans who believe in God is over 90%, but according to a survey published in the international academic journal Nature 1998, only about 7% of them do not believe in God. This fact has undoubtedly annoyed missionaries who have always advocated that the higher the level of scientists, the closer they are to God. The propaganda website of% $ @ # simply changed the survey results, switched the data of "believing in God" and "not believing in God", and shamelessly created a new one.

Record.

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The Origin of Species was published in 1859.

1096 ~129/kloc-0 Eight Crusades per year

/kloc-In the 5th century, the Portuguese began to hunt and sell blacks.

/kloc-In the early 6th century, the king of Spain allowed merchants to transport slaves to Spanish American colonies.

/kloc-In the late 6th century, the Netherlands, Britain, France and Portugal launched a fierce slave trade struggle.

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Some Christians say that the theory of evolution has found a theoretical basis for colonialism in the19th century. However, throughout history, all the crimes of killing/slaughtering, framing and trampling have never stopped since the history of human civilization was recorded. Even the great religion itself is staged a tragedy of blood and tears. The ugly behavior of human beings has existed since the establishment of the theory of evolution, and it has existed before. Ugly phenomena never disappear or appear because of the theory of evolution.

Those European imperialists, holding a Bible, slaughtered/killed people, sold slaves, abused/abused animals in Asia, Africa and Latin America, committed countless crimes in the colonies, burned and looted, and did nothing/did evil/did nothing. Why do those Christians never say that the Bible provides a theoretical basis for these evils (Ye Zhi and his son are cruel, genocidal and xenophobic)! ! !

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