In an Unspoken Voice

In The Descent of Man Darwin writes,

Man and the higher animals … have … instincts in common. All have the same senses, intuition, sensation, passions, affections and emotions, even the more complex ones such as jealously, suspicion, emulation, gratitude and magnanimity; they practice deceit and are revengeful; they are sometimes susceptible to ridicule, and even have a sense of humor; they feel wonder and curiosity; they possess the same faculties of imitation, attention, deliberation, choice, memory, imagination, the association of ideas, and reason … though in very different degrees.

Science is our new religion and its holy water is disinfectant.

—George Bernard Shaw

Let’s face it: the fight against evolution by the proponents of “creationism” and “intelligent design” is not really about the professed gaps in the fossil records; rather, it’s about whether or not we are basically animals.