Sometimes Deceived: Why evolution is fake science -- Daniel Howell

<p>It's often said that evolution is science and creationism is religion. Although this opinion is widely held by the public - including many religious people - it represents a misunderstanding of both creationism and evolution. In <em>Sometimes Deceived</em>, Liberty University professor Dr. Daniel Howell asserts that neither contention is true. Creationism is <em>not</em> religion and biological evolution is <em>not</em> science.</p><p><em>What then are they? </em></p><p>They are both <em>myths</em> in the literal and historical sense of the word: a creation story generally accepted as true by its adherents and which encapsulates the worldview and deepest values of those who believe. All religions have a creation myth, but until the theory of evolution came along, atheists had no origins story of their own. Prior to evolution, atheists could reject God and the traditional creation story, but they had no replacement. If God didn't create, where did the universe come from? How did life on Earth get started? Darwin and his colleagues supplied the answer, but it was nothing less than a full-scale attack on the Judeo-Christian establishment of the Western world. By crafting a new creation myth for the atheist's worldview, Darwin filled the proverbial vacuum that Nature so abhors, an accomplishment perhaps even bigger than just discovering the origin of biological species.</p><p>Dr. Howell explains why Darwinism is a worldview and evolution its creation myth, just as divine crea