Some Call It Science: The Religion of Evolution

by Henry M. Morris

In this powerful booklet, Dr. Henry Morris explains the true nature of evolutionary and creation belief. Evolution claims to be scientifically-based but is actually an expression of the religion of naturalism and contrary to real science. Creationism comes from Scripture yet is strongly supported by science. While evolutionists attack creationists for mixing religion with science, evolutionists, themselves, are often blinded to the fact that their own belief system dictates their view of science. Sadly, some Christians compromise Biblical doctrine by mixing evolution with the Bible's foundation, creation. In this booklet, Dr Morris illustrates the religious nature of and the scientific case against evolution by using evolutionists' own words. Explore the ancient pagan roots of modern evolutionary belief and the doubts evolutionists have about the validity of their beliefs. Further explore the importance of belief in creation to the gospel and true Christianity. Will you choose to believe what God has said?

48 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2006

About the author

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Henry M. Morris (1918–2006) was an American engineer and young Earth creationist, widely regarded as the father of modern creation science. He founded the Institute for Creation Research.

Not to be confused with his eldest son Henry M. Morris III.

Reviews

[Linda Hoover · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a good, short readable book that presents the argument that Darwinist evolutionism is nothing more than the religion of atheism. Well done for such a short book (more like a booklet, really).

[London]

Definitely an interesting read from someone known to be one of the biggest proponents of young earth creationism (YEC). I’m not a scientist so I can’t tell you whether or not he has fair points, but the scientific consensus would obviously disagree with this book.

He gets into a lot of Biblical themes and how evolution acceptance results in preaching a different gospel and ultimately a different Jesus. That being said, I’m sure his views didn’t only ruffle feathers in the science community, but also in the Christian community.

This book would probably be viewed as conspiratorial by most readers.

[Connor Longaphie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book does not reflect Christ. The idea of the book is good and i agree with it. But the arguments that are made by the author are weak, unfair, and are not accurate. Christians should not be trying to scramble for an argument against evolution but rather, Spreading the Gospel and reading scripture which reveals creationism to be the truth.

[Mark Isaak · Rating 1 out of 5]

This small book repeats the same points Henry Morris had been making for decades, adding nothing new. His support for his version of creationism here is even weaker, if possible, than in his other books, consisting entirely of quote mines. Throughout the book (on all but six pages, in fact) there are quotes which have been selected to give an impression diametrically opposed to what you would learn from reading the bulk of literature in the field under discussion. It is apparent that Morris has never made any attempt to understand the views which differ from his own.

Morris supports calling evolution a religion first by equivocating on the word "faith" (at various places, he uses it to refer to any sort of belief, no matter how or whether the belief is justified), and then pretending that anything called "faith" is all that is necessary to define a religion. Along the way, he mangles and disdains non-Christian religions as well as humanism. In an appendix, he shows contempt even for Christianity, if it is not the Christianity which He (All bow to Morris!) has determined is the Right Christianity.

[James Cloyd · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wow, the depth of ignorance and/or dishonesty in this book is breathtaking; it actually made me angry. Calling evolution a faith (which it is not) in order to denigrate it back fires, it'd be like a woman trying to insult a man by saying "you're acting like a woman." Morris spends most to the book accusing evolutionists of doing what creationists do. "The evolutionist's faith is not on anything so mundane as evidence or logic... it is pure faith, absolute credulity." Morris is the one "citing no evidence to support his belief and ignoring which contradicts it..." Instead of addressing the evidence for evolution, he simply denies that it exists. He says, "There never has been any fossil evidence of Darwinian evolution" & "fossils have not yet yielded a single unequivocal transitional series." He declined to commit on the vast number of hominid fossils documenting our own evolution, transitional forms & all. The only part I liked was his criticism of liberal Christians who try to compromise with science by twisting the meaning of the text. Just pick a side. You can follow the facts, or you can hold on to faith, & no Morris, the former does not require the latter.