The Darwinian Delusion: The Scientific Myth Of Evolutionism

The postulate of molecules-to-human evolution by natural selection (evolutionism), like creationism, cannot be demonstrated empirically. Therefore, the creationism-evolutionism controversy offers a choice between intelligent design by God and unintelligent design by evolutionary selection. Scientists are split on philosophical grounds since events in the immaterial realm are outside the purview of science. In reality, designers claim products; no product of a process, can account for how it was designed or for its ontology. Accordingly, Scientific American Editor John Rennie suggested that one way to override a purely evolutionary worldview is, if the creator/s appeared and claimed credit. Author Michael Ebifegha's previous book The Death of Evolution provides the historical details of God's ancient claim for creating the universe before an audience. Dawkins, in his The God Delusion, failed to address this historical event; hence, his statement that "There almost certainly is no God" is flawed. The Darwinian Delusion discusses the fossil record, the role of natural selection; the mystery of the origin of life and God's affirmation of agency in world history. Ebifegha argues that both the scientific and philosophical analysis point to God as the Creator and hence the delusion as such is not about God, but about the Darwinian paradigm of materialism. The postulate of molecules-to-human evolution by natural selection (evolutionism), like creationism, cannot be demonstrated empirically. Therefore, the creationism-evolutionism controversy offers a choice between intelligent design (ID) by God and unintelligent design (UNID) by evolutionary selection. Scientists are split on philosophical grounds; for instance, Albert Einstein favoured ID whereas Richard Dawkins champions UNID.

In 2005 physicist and information theorist Hubert Yockey established that the origin of life is unknowable through science. Accordingly, the origin of species is indeterminable by scientific methods. In 2007 distinguished philosopher Antony Flew, once a leading atheist, concluded after fifty years of studying scientific evidence that God designed the world.

In reality, designers claim products; no product of a process can account for how it was designed or its ontology. The battle between the supporters of Dawkins and the late Stephen Jay Gould over the dynamics of evolution affirms this fact. John Rennie, the editor of Scientific American, has suggested that one way to override a purely evolutionary worldview would entail the creator/s appearing and claiming credit.

Michael Ebifegha's The Death of Evolution provides details of God's ancient claim for having created the universe. Dawkins' The God Delusion fails to address this historical event; hence, his statement that "There almost certainly is no God" is flawed. The delusion as such is not about God but about materialism. Imposing materialism as the dead-end to all scientific investigation is tantamount to a version of fundamentalism that results in intellectual delusion.

Both scientific evidence andphilosophical analysis point to God as the Creator. God, moreover, affirms agency historically in a speech before an audience. Continued insistence on Darwinian evolution as the originating force brings scientific integrity into question.

Dr. Michael Ebifegha is a Science and Mathematics Instructor at the Toronto District School Board.

Copyright 5 Contents 6 PREFACE 12 INTRODUCTION 20 EVOLUTIONISM: PURPOSE AND CONCERNS 38 DEBUNKING FALSEHOOD: THE EARTH’S AGE NOT IMPLIED IN THE BIBLE 74 RESOLVING THE MICRO-MACRO EVOLUTION DILEMMA 85 CREATION VS. EVOLUTION COSMOLOGY 111 EXALTING THE CREATIONIST WORLDVIEW 135 THE NATURAL SELECTION DELUSION 157 THE FOSSIL RECORD DELUSION 194 THE “ORIGIN OF LIFE” DELUSION 210 GOD IS NO DELUSION BUT SCIENTISM IS 236 THE MEDIA AND THE CREATIONISM-EVOLUTIONISM CONTROVERSY 273 CONCLUSION 288 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 302 TEACHING OF ORIGINS 304 THE GOD OF CREATION & THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 309 INDEX 314