Rodney Stark Quotes

Although God believers don't need evolution to be false, atheists need evolution to be true.

Sadly, I have found that even evolution's most staunch believers are afraid to debate, because they know that their case for atheism and evolution is less than extremely weak.

[Evolution is] one of the best documented, most compelling and exciting concepts in all of science.

You ever notice that everyone who believes in creationism looks really un-evolved?

I'd love to meet Darwin. He caused such controversy over whether God created the earth in six days or whether we evolved over time. I'd love to discuss that with him - what a fantastic conversation!

Evolution is one of the two or three most primally fascinating subjects in all the sciences.

Unfortunately, the average guy on the street believes that studying evolution leads to atheism.

You have to know evolution to understand the natural world. And that cannot be a threat to people of faith. There's a serious problem if you are forced by your faith to reject the most well-supported theory in all of science.

The creationists repeatedly assert that evolution is a theory, and, indeed, not a scientific theory at all because it is unable to predict future developments. Both statements are untrue. Evolution [phenomenon] is a fact, not theory. It once was a theory but today, as a consequence of observation and testing it is probably the best authenticated actu- ality known to science. There are theories concerning the mechanisms of evolution but no competent student doubts the reality of evolution

We have politicians running for office—for school boards—in parts of the country who are denying the fundamental principle of biology. They are trying to equate the fact that Evolution is a theory with the idea that Evolution might not be true…. The teaching of Evolution should not be a political issue…. Evolution was discovered, not invented.

Evolution is the idea some people have to explain life without God.

Creationists have often made me doubt evolution, but probably not in the way they think.

Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.

No educated person believes the Adam and Eve myth nowadays, but it's surprising how many parents think that it's somehow fun to pass on this falsehood to their children...I would want to argue that the truth of evolution is more interesting and more poetic

Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.

Most Americans have their head in the sand about evolution.

Darwinian evolution is unscientific, unobservable, unbelievable, but understandable in a world that hates God.

One reason education undoes belief is its teaching of evolution; Darwin's own drift from orthodoxy to agnosticism was symptomatic. Martin Lings is probably right in saying that more cases of loss of religious faith are to be traced to the theory of evolution ... than to anything else.

Evolution and creationism both require faith. It's just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.

The first and most important reason for its elimination is the unquestioned fact that evolution is not a science; it is a hypothesis only, a speculation.

For all the creationists out there, Darwin's just an atheist. But he was actually agnostic.

Fresh knowledge leads to recognition of the theory of evolution as more than just a hypothesis.

This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.

Our creationist detractors charge that evolution is an unproved and unprovable charade-- a secular religion masquerading as science. They claim, above all, that evolution generates no predictions, never exposes itself to test, and therefore stands as dogma rather than disprovable science. This claim is nonsense. We make and test risky predictions all the time; our success is not dogma, but a highly probable indication of evolution's basic truth.

I have at least, as I hope, done good service in aiding to overthrow the dogma of separate creations.