By Isvara Krishna das
Our civilisation is greatly influenced by the ideas about the origin of life and our species. Because of the dominant evolutionary paradigm, many regard life and themselves a mere product of matter. This view has formed the basis for the emergence of the hedonist, greed driven, consumer attitude of modern society that has led to the present economic, environmental and food crisis looming over humankind. Darwin’s theory is thus not only unproven, but, to a large extent, also responsible for the moral decline of human culture.
As you probably know 2009 is a double Darwin anniversary: the British naturalist was born 200 years ago and his ‘The Origin of Species’ was published 150 years ago. The scientific establishment is making arrangements to increase the number of its “Darwin Day” events where it can defend and promote the evolutionary theory.
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