The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-05-31
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THE AMERICANA PRESS ASSOCIATION
REV. HorFMAN ON EVOLUTION
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that biologists discover confirms thu
idea. We must accept the authority
of men of science within their owl
domain. The doctrine of biological
evolution asserts that all existing
species of animals man included, arr
derived from primitive forms of life
The doctrine must be accepted be
cause experts who examine all the
available evidence are thereby con,
WINGED of its truth. =
In common with nearly all men OF
his own school DR. Barnes makes a
statement without showing the evi-
denee. He fails to cite single great
scientist who today swallows all the
rawlings of biological evolution. Yet
he has the hardihood to claim all
scientists on his side of the argument.
| have already cited numerous scien-
lists, both in Europe and America,
who reject in toto Darwin 3 theory of
the origin of man. The science of
biology, so far from confirming the
claims of Darwin, only refutes them
The simple truth is that science does
not show how life began, because
science deals with known facts and
the origin of life is not a known fact
in the realm of science. The Bible
alone tells us how life began, and its
version of the matter is summed up
in the statement that God ssbreathed
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all any one knows about the origin OF
life, and it is all we need to know.
But DIR. Barnes continues:
If, in the light of our present I'M
perfect knowledge, we try effectively |
to describe the evolution of the uni
verse we may fairly say that from the
electrons came matter From matter
life emerged. From life came mina.
From mind spiritual consciousness de-
veloped. Man, who rules the world
today, probably came from lower ami
mails which sprang from amphibians,
which in turn came from fishes, and
they in turn from segmented worms. -
Such conceit is APPALLING Barnes
simply guesses on the origin of life.
Not single fact does he produce to
substantiate his claim. Yet he has the
hardihood to assert:
The doctrine must be accepted be
cause experts who examine all the
available evidence are thereby con
WINGED of its truth. .
What is this available evidencea''
1t is not to be found in the realm of
nature, for nature opposes the theory
of evolution. The evidence is not
to be found in the realm of science,
for science, as We have already seen, 4
deals only with known facts and with
established principles.
But Barnes becomes even more bold
when he declares with much gusto:
1t is not true to say that, in pop
ular language, the missing link has not
been found. Probably not one link,
but ten thousand joined primitive man
TO his immediate Don-human ancestors;
and more than two or three examples
of such links have been discovered. H
The Java apeman and the remains of
the Neanderthal race clearly belong n
10 the early stages of man s descent
from a non human stock -
Again Barnes is guilty of making
claims which he fails to corroborate
with evidence. He does not give the
name of single scientist who accepts
the dictum that the missing link has
been found. On the contrary, scien- b
lists declare with one voice that the Il
missing link has not been found. A
man who is so reckless in the way he u
handles the truth does not inspire con- q
fidence in his statements. Such Ian y
yuage explains the frame of mind thar
s back of it.
Barnes, in common with all biologi.
'al evolutionists, has lost faith in the h
Irvine inspiration of the Bible. His
nalady is therefore one of the heart,
lot of the head. Man was created to
exercise faith. When faith repudiates
he Bible, it must be exercised in some
Their direction, and evolution is usual
2 the course that it takes. But such
aith is not always rational.
The story of the Java apeman has
ong since been discredited by promin.
mt scientists. Yet men like Barnes
rag that story out of oblivion when
yer it suits their convenience. This
hey do in the name of science. The
lndings of men of science are exactly
ne opposite from what Barnes claims.
Q quote DR.. Townsend on this point:
. Another piece of out.of date eyi- r
enee, once generally employed by the
dvocates of evolution, but lately by u
0 scientist of distinction, are the fos-
bones of the once famous Java skel- 4
on that for time had the reputa y
on of being the missing link, or one
them, between mar and the monkey
amily. Now, the facts in this case
re + something more than ordinary
terest. and are these: Tn the month ~