God Arises
The Method of Argument
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and the same time, received the maximum religious
opposition and the maximum scientific acclaim.
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G.G. Simpson contends that ‘the theory of evolution
is a fact proved finally and conclusively, and is no
more simply a conjecture or alternative hypothesis
adopted just for the sake of scientific research.’
The
Encyclopaedia Britannica
(1958) accepts organic
evolution as a truth and says that after Darwin, this
theory has received a general acceptance among
scientists and scholars. R.S. Lull writes:
Since Darwin’s day, evolution has been more
and more generally accepted, until now in the
minds of informed, thinking men there is no
doubt that it is the only logical way whereby
creation can be interpreted and understood.
We are not so sure, however, as to the modus
operandi, but we may rest assured that the
process has been in accordance with great
natural laws, some of which are as yet,
unknown, perhaps unknowable.
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One can estimate the popularity of this theory by
the fact that, in his 700-page book, Lull has
summarily dismissed the concept of the special
