{"id":3906,"date":"2007-07-16T16:40:05","date_gmt":"2007-07-16T15:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=3906"},"modified":"2007-07-16T16:40:05","modified_gmt":"2007-07-16T15:40:05","slug":"biological-mythology-social-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=3906","title":{"rendered":"Biological Mythology & Social Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Caitanya Caran Das<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n
<\/font><\/font>THE
\n SPIRITUAL SCIENTIST<\/font><\/b>
<\/font><\/font>A Cyber Magazine
\n for Those Who Think<\/font><\/b><\/center><\/p>\n
Vol 1 Issue
\n 10<\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/font>Biological Mythology & Social
\nDisaster<\/font><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n

\n

Once the philosopher Maxim Gorky was explaining the glorious achievements
\nof modern science to the Russian peasants, “By the power of the latest
\ntechnology, humans can now fly in the sky like the birds ?.and swim in the water
\nlike the acquatics?” That was the time the World War I clouds were looming
\nominously on the horizon. Weapons with greater and greater destructive potency
\nwere coming up and were arousing widespread fear about the future of the human
\nrace. One of the more intelligent peasants therefore retorted, “But humans are
\nunable to live like humans on the land. Can science do anything about that?”
\nMaxim Gorky was left speechless.<\/i>
 
 \n<\/p>\n

Cut-throat competition, concrete jungle, corporate warfare, survival of the
\nfittest. Such words, though commonplace in modern vocabulary, indicate a
\ndisturbing trend that has marked the modern times, a trend that has concerned
\nand alarmed thoughtful people all over the world – a deep and abiding decline in
\nthe humane aspect of the human being. Morality, nobility, ethics, selflessness,
\ncompassion, humility, love – the ornaments that distinguish a human being from
\nan animal are no longer considered of any value. In fact there presence is often
\nseen to be a sign of weakness and their absence a sign of strength. People
\nsometimes put on a fa\u00e7ade of these qualities just to further their selfish
\ngoals. Samuel Butler summed up this trend as early as 1902 in his
\nNote-Books<\/i>, “Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms
\nwith the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.” This applies not just to
\nthe animals that humans maintain in the slaughterhouses, but also, in a
\nfigurative sense, to the way humans deal with others of their own species.
\n
 
 \n<\/p>\n

<\/font>HOW DID THE MESS BEGIN?<\/font><\/b>\n<\/p>\n

This trend began with an upsurge of materialistic and atheistic values in the
\nmedieval times. When Charles Darwin came up with the theory of evolution in
\n1859, this seemingly scientific theory marked the beginning of the end of
\nhumanity (in the qualitative sense).\n<\/p>\n

Evolutionary theory teaches that the first living organism developed from
\nnon-living matter. Then, as it reproduced, it is said to have changed into
\ndifferent kinds of living beings, producing ultimately all forms of life that
\nhave ever existed on earth, including humans. And all this is supposed to have
\nhappened without any intelligent designer.\n<\/p>\n

This litany, having assumed the status of revealed truth, is elaborated in
\ncountless text books, paperbacks, slick science magazines and television
\nspecials complete with computer generated effects. As a reasonable explanation
\nfor the origin of humans, the story certainly works. And the evolution theory
\ndoes seem to be based on factual observation, and the scientific method. But is
\nit?\n<\/p>\n

The evolution theory has two basic propositions: <\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The original life emerged from chemicals &\n <\/li>\n
  2. Primitive life forms evolved into all the variety of living organisms that
    \n we see today. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Let us see what the testimony of the facts is about
    \nthese propositions:
     
     \n<\/p>\n

    <\/font>Did Life Emerge from
    \nChemicals?<\/font><\/b>\n<\/p>\n

    There is no evidence of living organisms coming from dead matter; all life
    \ncomes from previously existing life. A living man and woman come together to
    \nproduce an offspring; after they die, the chemicals that constitute their bodies
    \ncannot beget life. A dead person cannot be cloned, the seed of life has to be
    \ntaken from him while he is alive.\n<\/p>\n

    Practically speaking, at this stage of scientific knowledge most of the
    \nimportant chemicals found in the living cell including the gene can be
    \nsynthesized in the chemical laboratory. And those in the forefront of
    \nmicrobiology and biochemistry have made a vigorous effort to put all the
    \nnecessary chemicals together and prepare the first synthetic life in the test
    \ntube.\n<\/p>\n

    There are however no life symptoms visible when all these chemicals are
    \ncombined. Even without taking so much trouble to synthesize all these chemicals,
    \nscientists can actually isolate the necessary chemicals from an already living
    \nbody and then recombine them. If life were a chemical combination, scientists
    \ncould actually make life in the test tube by assembling all these important
    \nchemicals. But they cannot do this.\n<\/p>\n

     Despite great scientific discoveries and achievements, the bright hope
    \nfor understanding life in molecular terms seem to be losing ground and many
    \nprominent scientists in various fields are beginning to doubt the validity of
    \nthis concept. In the `Biology Today?, Nobel-prize-winning chemist Albert Szent
    \nGyorgyi remarked, “In my search for the secret of life, I ended up with atoms
    \nand electrons, which have no life at all. Somewhere along the line, life ran out
    \nthrough my fingers. So, in my old age, I am now retracing my steps?”\n<\/p>\n

    Biologist Francis Hitching goes even further, “To put it at its mildest, one
    \nmay question an evolutionary theory so beset by doubts among even those who
    \nteach it. ? It fails to explain some of the most basic questions of all: how
    \nlifeless chemicals came alive?”
     
     \n<\/p>\n

    <\/font>DID ONE SPECIES EVOLVE INTO
    \nANOTHER?<\/font><\/b>\n<\/p>\n

     Books and museums the world over portray the evolution of one species
    \ninto another. But what does the record of the rocks say?\n<\/p>\n

     On Insects:\n<\/p>\n

    “The fossil record does not give any information on the origin of insects.”-
    \nEncyclopaedia Britannica\n<\/p>\n

    “There are no fossils known that show what the primitive ancestral insects
    \nlooked like.” – The Insects\n<\/p>\n

     On Fish:\n<\/p>\n

    “To our knowledge, no ?link? connected this new beast to any previous form of
    \nlife. The fish just appeared .” – Marvels and Mysteries of Our Animal World\n<\/p>\n

     On Reptiles Becoming Mammals:\n<\/p>\n

    “There is no missing link (that connects) mammals and reptiles.” – The
    \nReptiles\n<\/p>\n

     On Apes:\n<\/p>\n

    “Modern Apes, for instance, seem to have sprung out of nowhere . They have no
    \nyesterday, no fossil record.” – Science Digest\n<\/p>\n

     From Ape to Man:\n<\/p>\n

    “No fossil or other physical evidence directly connect man to ape.” – Science
    \nDigest\n<\/p>\n

    “The human family does not consist of a solitary line of descent leading from
    \nan ape like form to our species.” – The New Evolutionary Timetable
     
    \n
     \n<\/p>\n

    Zoologist Harold G Coffin concludes: “To secular scientists, the fossils,
    \nevidences of the life of the past, constitute the ultimate and final court of
    \nappeal, because the fossil record is the only authentic history of life
    \navailable to science. If this fossil history does not agree with evolutionary
    \ntheory-and we have seen that it does not-what does it teach? It tells us that
    \nplants and animals were created in their basic forms. The basic facts of the
    \nfossil record support creation, not evolution.” Astronomer Carl Sagan candidly
    \nacknowledged in his book `Cosmos?: “The fossil evidence could be consistent with
    \nthe idea of a Great Designer.”\n<\/p>\n

     No one has been able to demonstrate the change of species. Breeding and
    \nmutation lead only to variation within species, not a change of species. And
    \nthey are characterized by the “rubber band effect”; species with variations, if
    \nallowed to mate naturally for a few generations, revert to their original
    \ncharacteristics.\n<\/p>\n

     When Darwin observed the morphological features of humans and apes, it
    \nseemed plausible to him and the people of his times that apes might have by
    \ngradual change in bodily structures become humans. But subsequent studies in
    \nbiology, especially anatomy, have shown that there are vast differences in the
    \ninternal structure of organs of humans and apes. IT is claimed that natural
    \nselection and chance brought about evolution but how they could have caused
    \ncomprehensive changes in internal organs came about is a complete mystery. Thus
    \nthe more scientists are studying the various species, the more they are
    \nrealizing how improbable the evolution of one species into another is.\n<\/p>\n

     Saying that an ape evolved into a human by random changes and natural
    \nselection is like saying that a 586 computer changed by itself into a Pentium
    \ngradually. A child being unaware of the complex internal structure of the
    \ncomputer may consider the idea plausible, but a hardware engineer would die
    \nlaughing at the idea. And if the idea were true he would be the first person to
    \nlose his job!\n<\/p>\n

    Evolution is taught of as a fact today, but nothing could be further from the
    \ntruth. Biologist Paul R.Erlich in `Process of Evolution? calls the theory of
    \nevolution as “biological mythology”.
     
     \n<\/p>\n

    <\/font>DOES IT MATTER?<\/font><\/b>\n<\/p>\n

    Many people feel that whether humans had a chemical origin or a divine origin
    \ndoesn’t really matter; their problems at work, at home and in their minds appear
    \nto be of far greater importance. But we would like to propose that most of the
    \nproblems that haunt modern man are caused by a blunder at this first step.
    \nHumanity’s understanding of how it came about determines its goals, values and
    \nattitudes. “If I came from matter, material enjoyment is the goal of my life.
    \nAnd because my predecessors survived and prospered only due to their expertise
    \nin savage competition and warfare, I too have to do the same to succeed in life.
    \nBeg, borrow, steal, even kill, but get money and enjoy life.” “But if my
    \nidentity is spiritual and God is my eternal loving Father, going back to His
    \nkingdom becomes the goal of my life. And I should therefore curb the animal
    \nwithin me and be caring, virtuous, magnanimous and devoted to God.”\n<\/p>\n

     Most of the world’s problems are due to a decline in character and
    \nmorality in humanity. Mahatma Gandhi stated, “There is enough in this world for
    \neveryone’s need but not enough for one man’s greed.” Statistical surveys show
    \nthat the earth can easily feed the entire world population and much more if the
    \nvast tracts of land that are currently used for producing non-essential cash
    \ncrops like tobacco, drugs, tea, coffee, etc are used for producing essential
    \nfood-grains. This is just a simple example to show how greed and not shortage is
    \nthe real cause of the problem of world hunger. The same principle is applicable
    \nto all the problems of the world.\n<\/p>\n

     Evolutionary theory teaches that savage warfare and exploitation
    \npromote the highest good. It thus creates and fuels the greed that causes the
    \nproblems of the world. Martin Luther King Jr commented in Strength to Love
    \n<\/i>about the modern world scenario, “We have guided missiles and misguided
    \nmen.”
     
      <\/p>\n

    \n

    (Continued in the next issue)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    <\/p>\n

    This article is based on the latest book that ISKCON Youth Forum will be
    \nreleasing by July end –\n<\/p>\n

    PASS THE FINAL EXAM<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

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    Glimpses into the next issue??
    \n

    <\/p>\n

    BIOLOGICAL MYTHOLOGY AND SOCIAL DISASTER –
    \nII<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

    <\/center>\n<\/p>\n

    Torn between the Brain and the Heart<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

    He (the modern man) is thus forced to live a divided existence: his heart
    \nlongs for spiritual fulfillment; his intellect throttles him.\n<\/p>\n

    A World of Orphans<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

    From a spiritual point of view, atheism is patricide; the atheist is by his
    \nintellect and reason, murdering his own father God.\n<\/p>\n

    Tyranny of the Modern Age<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

    The well-known evolutionist Loren Eiseley conceded, “After having chided the
    \ntheologian for his reliance on myth and miracle, science found itself in the
    \nunenviable position of having to create a mythology of its own.”\n<\/p>\n

    The Spiritual Scientist<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

    Dr Benito F Reyes wirtes in his Scientific Evidence for the Existence of the
    \nSoul, “The duty of all true science is to know him (a human being) thus, as a
    \nvery son of a very God;
      <\/p>\n

    \n

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n
    \n
    <\/font>The Spiritual
    \n Scientist<\/font><\/b> <\/p>\n

    Investigating Reality from the Higher Dimensional
    \n Perspective of Vedic Wisdom<\/i><\/font>
    Published by
    \n Bhaktivedanta Academy for Culture and Education (BACE), Pune<\/font><\/b>
    Dedicated to <\/font><\/b>
    His Divine
    \n Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada,<\/font><\/b>
    The Greatest Spiritual Scientist of the Modern Times<\/font><\/b>
    \n
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    \n (M Tech IIT, Mumbai), Director, IYF<\/font><\/b>
    Chaitanya Charan Das (BE E&TC), Editor, The Spiritual
    \n Scientist<\/font><\/b>\n <\/p>\n

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