Question Evolution Day and Marketing Darwin

Probably everyone that watches television has seen advertisements for food, but the product purchased is disappointingly different. Marketing people have techniques to make stuff look good, and they put a great deal of time and effort into creating an image that is far different from reality.

Charles Darwin had a mediocre theology degree but nothing in science. He did not make a great discovery about evolution and then tell the world. Instead, he presupposed evolutionary ideas (which dated back to ancient Hindus and Greek philosophers). Then he popularized them for his era.

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Like the food people, Charlie knew his audience and what would be accepted. He also made friends of influential people. One was Thomas Henry Huxley, who promoted Darwinism. T.H.'s grandson Julian also championed his ideas (see "Darwin Succeeded through Huxley Conspiracies"). Further, Darwin labeled his material as science and not what it really was.

There have been mainstream scientists from Charlie's time through today who doubted his material. For the most part, they are suppressed or at least go unpublicized. He made promises for evidence that were never kept, and some scientists are well aware of that fact.

One reason for Question Evolution Day is to ask questions while requiring logic. Where is the evidence? Don't let the secular science industry befuddle you with guesses and speculation passed off as evidence. Biblical creationists, like secularists, have presuppositions. Ours involve the truth of God's Word, and the evidence supports creation, not evolution. Let's keep the pressure on!

A common impression is that, in contrast to mere belief, in science facts rigidly rule. Many also assume that science wins or loses in the marketplace of ideas based on empirical evidence alone.

The phrase “science has proven” convinces most people to accept an idea —a dynamic especially persuasive when coupled with the belief that evolution is rational, untouched by personal bias or performance.

It is in your best interest to read the rest at "How Darwin Marketed Evolution." You'll thank me later.