Discover Islam, - Scientific pride and prejudice

Evolution scientists pass off personal prejudices as scientific truth
Most people accept everything they hear from scientists as strictly
true. It does not even occur to them that scientists may also have
various philosophical or ideological prejudices. The fact of the
matter is that evolutionist scientists impose their own prejudices and
philosophical views on the public under the guise of Science. For
instance, although they are aware that random events do not cause
anything other than irregularity and confusion, they still claim that
the marvelous order, plan and design manifested in the Universe and in
living organisms arose by chance.
For instance, such a biologist easily grasps that there is an
incomprehensible harmony in a protein molecule -- the building block
of life -- and that there is no probability that this might have come
about by chance. Nevertheless, he alleges that this protein came into
existence under primitive earth conditions simply by chance, billions
of years ago. He does not stop there; he also unhesitatingly claims
that not only one, but millions of proteins were formed by chance and
then incredibly came together to create the first living cell.
Moreover, he defends his view with a blind stubbornness. This person
is an "evolutionist" scientist.
If the same scientist were to find three bricks resting on top of one
another while walking along a flat road, he would never suppose that
these bricks had come together by chance and then climbed up on top of
each other, again by chance. Indeed, anyone who did make such an
assertion would be considered insane.
How is it possible that people who are perfectly capable of assessing
ordinary events rationally, adopt such an irrational attitude when it
comes to thinking about their own existence?
It is impossible to claim that this attitude is adopted in the name of
science: Science requires taking both alternatives into consideration
wherever there are two alternatives equally possible concerning a
certain case. If the likelihood of one of the two alternatives is much
lower, for example if it is only one percent, then the rational and
scientific thing to do is to consider the other alternative, whose
likelihood is 99 percent, to be the valid one.
Let us continue, keeping this scientific basis in mind. There are two
views that can be set forth regarding how living beings came into
existence on earth. The first is that all living beings were created
by Allaah in their present complex structure. The second is that life
was formed by unconscious, random coincidences. The latter is the
claim of the theory of evolution.
When we look at scientific data, that of molecular biology for
instance, we can see that there is no chance whatsoever that a single
living cell -- or even one of the millions of proteins present in
this cell, could have come into existence by chance, as evolutionists
claim. As we will illustrate in the following chapters, probabilistic
calculations also confirm this many times over. Hence, the
evolutionist view on the emergence of living beings has zero
probability of being true.
This means that the first view has a "one hundred percent" probability
of being true. That is, life has been consciously brought into being.
To put it in another way, it was "created". All living beings have
come into existence by the design of a Creator exalted in superior
Power, Wisdom, and Knowledge. This reality is not simply a matter of
conviction; it is the normal conclusion that wisdom, logic and science
take one to.
Under these circumstances, our "evolutionist" scientist ought to
withdraw his claim and adhere to a fact that is both obvious and
proven. To do otherwise is to demonstrate that he is actually someone
who is sacrificing the spirit of scientific inquiry to further his own
particular philosophy, ideology and dogma rather than being a true
scientist.
The anger, stubbornness and prejudices of our "scientist" increase
more and more every time he confronts reality. His attitude can be
explained with a single word: faith.Yet it is a blind superstitious
faith, since there can be no other explanation for such blatant
disregard of all facts that leads to a lifelong, fanatic allegiance to
the preposterous scenario constructed wholly in his imagination.
The Quran appeals to "men of knowledge" to exercise their faculties
and appreciate the wonder of Allaah's creation in the world around
them and within themselves. It is a sad reflection on the manifest
unbelief of modern times, that evolution scientists are using the
intellect and senses that Allaah has granted them to do just the
opposite : negate the wonder of His creation. By disguising their
delusions of grandeur as scientific theories, evolution scientists are
doing a great disservice to the true spirit of scientific inquiry.