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The Free Presbyterian Magazine
Notes and Comments
Islam and Evolutionism
An article in the Spectator comments on the danger of writing about the
early history of Islam. Scholars, it says, “who have raised questions about
the Prophet, or who have suggested that the Quran has changed over time,
or who have even discussed the sources in detail have found themselves
driven into exile, defenestrated [thrown out of windows], or subjected to death
threats”. A visit to Wikipedia shows that several of the articles on Islam are
declared to have problems with “neutrality”, and all the articles have to tread
with extreme delicacy if they venture any criticism of Islam. Violence towards
its opponents and critics is one of the strengths of Islam, and few to whom
this would be a danger are prepared to stick their necks out. At the same
time, the fact that Islam does not allow criticism probably means that many
of its adherents are far from convinced of its principles and would be happy
to cast off its shackles if the opportunity arose.
Another area where Wikipedia struggles with “neutrality” is in the articles
on Evolution and Creation. Unlike the articles on Islam, these do not admit
that there is any problem with their neutrality, but the problem is evident even
to the casual reader. They are permeated with the flavour of propaganda and
they seldom miss an opportunity of denigrating Creationism and Creationists.
Not content with assaulting them on Wikipedia, some fanatical Evolutionists
pursue their Creationist opponents in the scientific literature and in university
departments and, unable to defenestrate them, they try at least to evict them
from both these spheres. Like the Al-Qaeda of Evolutionism, they so “terrorise”
their academic colleagues that they dare not even consider the possibility
of Evolutionism being false. Thus it may be true, as claimed on Wikipedia,
that “the mainstream scientific community” rejects Creationism and characterises
it as pseudoscience, but to what extent this is from informed conviction
is unknown.
The fact that both Islam and Evolutionism feel the need to bolster themselves
in this way suggests they are aware of their vulnerability. Islam knows
that its historical roots do not bear investigation and Evolutionism knows that
in a fair intellectual fight with Creationism it would struggle to hold its
own in the eyes of the general public. Both movements are powerful forces
at present, and both have Satan behind them, but both have this weakness,
and they may suddenly be brought down by Christ. “The devil is come down
unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short
time” (Rev 12:12).
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