The Dogma of Evolution
The Dogma of Evolution
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进化论的教条
DOI：
10.5840/schoolman19252312
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发表时间：
1970
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Arthur Jones
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作者：
Arthur Jones
进化这个主题在维多利亚学院已经讨论了一百多年。在1867年写给华莱士的一封信中，达尔文提到他的理论在维多利亚研究所（“一个最正统的机构”）得到了有力的辩护，但他评论说，随后的讨论“非常丰富的废话！”“值得注意的是，我们在1970年的今天还在争论。一个简单的事实是，处理科学数据的论点似乎很少是强制性的，因此，意见通常遵循最新的福音派科学主教的声明。这正是我想调查的。我要说的是，科学数据是非常次要的；这种冲突是哲学和宗教的；对我们来说，这就是圣经所说的问题。因此，本文的目的是证明为什么我们不能在这个问题上求助于科学。
The subject of evolution has been discussed at the Victoria Institute for more than one hundred years. In a letter to Wallace in 1867, Darwin mentioned that his theory had been ably defended before the Victoria Institute (‘a most orthodox body’), but he commented that the ensuing discussion was ‘very rich from the nonsense talked!’ What is remarkable is that we are still arguing today in 1970. It is a simple fact that arguments dealing with the scientific data rarely seem to be coercive and opinion has consequently generally followed the pronouncements of the latest evangelical bishops of science. It is this that I want to investigate. I shall argue that the scientific data occupies a very secondary place; that the conflict is rather philosophical and religious; and that for us it really is a matter of what the scriptures say. The aim of this paper is thus to demonstrate why we cannot appeal to science for help on this issue.