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the lehult-ulHunct from the Original
ancestor but very little different from
ihe Immediately preceding link IN
the connecting chain The ut to
live survived, while the others per-
Ishcd IN Tho struggle for existence. and
thus gap occurred between the low
oet and the highest TO bridge this gap
the connecting links must be- looked
for IN fossil remains. This doctrine.
which is also known as the doctrine
Of natural selection. Is the founda-
ton stone Of parwlnIsm II Is the
doctrine that scientists now question,
because It has been found wanting
The reason why this particular the
ofy at one time was 70 generally ac.
ceptod, was this. that II seemed to Of.
for an explanation Of creation without
the aid OF God. But those who re.
ioiced over this alleged discovery for.
got that II Is contrary TO sound science,
and therefore utterly yalueless a. an
argument against the theological view,
Science" says Huxley, 'ls nothing
mare than trained and organized com.
mon sense" and It is generally admit.
ted that scientific investigation must
be based on experience. ON logical In
nucncc II not. II Is not scientific. In
this respect Darwlnlsm sgnally falls.
Common sense Is against II. Neither
by experience nor by logical inference
can Il be maintained that a magnificent
world like ours was peoped By chance,
or, which n the same, by an endless
succession OF "survIyals OF the nttost,
from the lowest anlmalculae, to man,
An explorer who comes to an island
OF the sea and finds Il inhabited, docs
notconclude that the people there Just
growed' like Topsy Common sense
bids him look for the route over which
their ancestors came 90 their Isolated
home, lie studies their language, their
traditions their religion, their GUS
toms, their physical features and by
logical inference he arrives at
a conclusion as to their klnship with
existing races. A similar line OF reason
ing with regard to the inhabitants OF
the earth Is the only scientific one.
II we flnd a magnificent ship steering
It's course Tor certain harbor, not.
wlthstandlng wlnds waves and cur
rents, we conclude that 1t was bullt
and equipped for the voyage, and that
some intelligence Ia directing It. Ex-
perence compels us to accept that con-
clusion. only lunatlo could believe
that the vessel was the product OF the
commoton Of the waves, through a
process Of natural selection II any
ono should argue that the vessel had
come into existence through a process
OF evolution from the first trunk OF a
tree that happened to be tossed about
IN the ocean, he would not be taken
seriously And yet, he could present
a long chain OF links" from the float
Ing piece OF wood the crude canoe or
sayagcs. the viking ship, the Chinese
junk, the Dutch koff, and so ON, TO
the modern ocean grey hound ami the
warshlp And his reasoning would be
at least M sound as DarwlnIsm For
II world can obtain its perfection
through chance processes, why not such
small affair as ship
But experience forbids such phlloso'
ply. It teaches us that there was sons
intelligence previous TO the vessel
which planned Il In every detail for
the purpose for which Il was destined,
and that this intelligence acted
on experience previously gained so as
10 obtain the best results No other
reasoning can account satisfactorily for
the world. Everything on this earth was
clearly planned for the reception OF
man. Just as everything In the vessel
was planned for the passengers It was to
carry, and for other purposes ~
Moses with the most magnificent sim
plclty, says. In tho beginning God
created the heavens End the earth
And, Lord God planted u garden
and there "Hc put the man. That Is
the only scientific explanation ever Of
fered. II agrees with the demands Of
common sense, because II is In harmony
with the teachings Of experience, and
with logical differences.
II IA curious that IN the beginning OF
the Christian era, the theoloslans en-
couutercd IN some Gnostic phllosophI-
cal systems, a species Of Darwlnism APP
piled TO the Godhead Some Of the
Gnostics held that the Infinite was too
good, too exalted, TO have anything TO
do with sinful mortals. And so they
constructed, IN their philosophy, a long
chain OF gods and half-gods, a 'plero-
ma, or "ulness, connecting God and
man, and through whom man. they
taught might approach God, As Paul
clearly perceived. that doctrine was de-
structivo OF the Christian doctrine Of
mediation through Jesus Christ alone,
In whom he declared, all the "fullness'
centerod. The modern gnosticism that
places the connecting links between the
lower animals and man is somewhat df.
ferent from the early delusion that
placed different grades Of Thrones, do
mlnlons princlpalities powers" etc.
between God and man, but the effect is
very similar II Is to dethrone God,
who Is the Creator Of all things. IN
heaven and on earth, visible, and In
visible, OF whatever name, and to lead
man astray. by philosophy falsely so
called
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