"When we examine contemporary science as developed by
scientists such as Lamark and Darwin, we see the antithesis and I would say the
complete disagreement that exists between science and religion, on topics that
concern the more basic problems of existence and knowledge. For this, an
enlightened mind cannot accept at the same time both one and the other and must
choose between religion and science."
A well known German Zoologist, Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919),
who was a good follower of Darwin, wrote these words some 65 years ago, in his
book, “The Riddle of the Universe” that was very successful and as it seemed,
had proved that faith is absurd. So says Haeckel that every enlightened man
must choose between science and religion and should follow either one or the
other. He considered it necessary that such men should deny religion because a
logical man cannot deny science.
