Word: evolutionism
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"Evolution is a religion and a creed" was the key-note of an address in the Phillips Brooks House last night, delivered by the Reverend John Roach Straton, minister of the First Calvary Baptist Church, New York.
"Evolution today is really a religion, and not merely a theory," claimed Dr. Straton. "That is evidenced by the vehemence with which its disciples support their claim. It has become an actual fetish.
"Evolution with them takes the place of God. In supporting evolution, the modernists, including your Professor Mather, are trying to put forth a new religion. By their own admissions, their belief reduces God to a mechanical principle, a law. . . ."
"Evolution Must Be Barred"
But there are those who always love a dispute. Eagerly they parade their opinions until the front pages of the press sacrifice murders and politics for evolution and heresy trials. Since the time of Socrates men have delighted in being the "gadflies" of their states, their churches, their homes. Indeed...