Quotes about theory-of-evolution
theory-of-evolution characteristics inconsistent
The proposition that humans have mental characteristics wholly absent in non-humans is inconsistent with the theory of evolution. Gary L. Francione
theory-of-evolution creation-science evolution-of-man
If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find no such case. Charles Darwin
theory-of-evolution facts peculiar
The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an improved theory, is it then a science or faith?
theory-of-evolution yield records
The modern theory of evolution does not require gradual change. It in fact, the operation of Darwinian processes should yield exactly what we see in the fossil record. It is gradualism that we must reject, not Darwinism. Stephen Jay Gould
theory-of-evolution almighty inconsistent
I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector. John Henry Newman
theory-of-evolution president remember
Remember Henry Adam's jest that the succession of presidents from Washington to Grant disproved the theory of evolution? George Will
theory-of-evolution numbers origin-of-life
The likelihood of the formation of life from inanimate matter is 1 to a number with 40,000 noughts after it (1040,000).... It is big enough to bury Darwin and the whole theory of evolution. There was no primeval soup, neither on this planet nor any other, and if the beginnings of life were not random, they must therefore have been the product of purposeful intelligence. Fred Hoyle
theory-of-evolution dams cheese
The Theory of Evolution has more holes in it than a dam made out of Swiss cheese. Eoin Colfer
theory-of-evolution criticism classroom
The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom. Phyllis Schlafly
theory-of-evolution creation wands
Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve. Pope Francis
theory-of-evolution may facts
Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is the only workable explanation that has ever been proposed for the remarkable fact of our own existence, indeed the existence of all life wherever it may turn up in the universe. John Maynard Smith
theory-of-evolution creative existence
Theories of evolution must provide for the creative acts which brought such theories into existence. Michael Polanyi
theory-of-evolution facts cosmos
The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact. Neil deGrasse Tyson
theory-of-evolution littles faces
I can have little patience with those who oppose ... the theory of evolution or what are called "mechanistic" explanations of the phenomena of life because of certain moral consequences which at first seem to follow from these theories, and still less with those who regard it as irrelevant or impious to ask certain questions at all. By refusing to face the facts , the conservative only weakens his own position. Friedrich August von Hayek
theory-of-evolution fiction found
In the theory of evolution there is no talk of God and no Bibles are used. They're not looking for higher powers, extraterrestrials, or anything else that could be found in the science fiction section, because they are not dealing with fiction. Henry Rollins
theory-of-evolution world manifestation
The theory of evolution is totally inadequate to explain the origin and manifestation of the inorganic world. John Ambrose Fleming
theory-of-evolution world able
I finally became convinced that the theory of creation actually had a much better scientific basis than the theory of evolution, for the creation model was actually better able to explain the physical and biological complexity in the world... Roy Spencer
theory-of-evolution essentials premises
Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself. Walter Lang
theory-of-evolution atheism would-be
Of course the theory of evolution would be vacuous if it offered a glib explanation for every inexplicable act. Steven Pinker