Copyright, September 1924

THE ANDERSON PRESS

"Out Where the West Begins"

AMERICAN TRUTH SERIES
The Truth About Evolution and Religion

Evolution or Christianity

God or Darwin

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BY

WILLIAM M. GOLDSMITH, A. M., Ph. D.

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Author of "Stones in a Life", "The Laws of Life--Evolution, Heredity and
Eugenics", "A Guide to Biological Principles", etc.; Fellow in the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member Amer-
ican Association of Zoologists, the British Association for the Advance-
ment of Science, The Ecological Society of America, the Eugenics
Research Association, the Eugenics Society of the United
States, the American Society of Mammalogists, etc.; In-
structor Embryology, Indiana University Biological Station
1923, Professor of Biology, Southwestern College.

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"Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies,

I hold you here, root and all in my hand,
Little flower-but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is."

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CONTENTS

Chapter

I CLAIMS OF THE ANTI-EVOLUTIONISTS.

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Introduction-Making of College Infidels-the Funda-

mentalist and the Bible.

IN BIOLOGY ALL ROADS LEAD TO EVOLUTION.

Evolution Little Understood-Oklahoma and Texas Down

Darwin-Darwin's Theory is Largely Correct but not Com-

plete-Fundamentals of Darwinism: Overproduction,

Struggle for Existence, Individual Variation, Changed En-

vironment, Survival of the Fittest, Natural Selection, In-

heritance, and Adaptation-Man Changes Nature-Typical

"Evolution" Courses in Western Colleges-What is Evolu-

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EVOLUTION STRENGTHENS CHRISTIAN FAITH.

Evolutionists see God in Nature-Data Relating to the

Teaching of Evolution on the Christian Faith of the Col-

lege Student-Freshman's Conception of Evolution.

SARCASM, RIDICULE, AND MISINTERPRETATIONS SUP-

PLANT LOGICAL REASONING.

Articles of Faith of the Evolutionists as Portrayed by

Mr. Bryan in his popular books-College Students be-

come Disgusted-Anti-evolution versus Christian Faith-

College Students Think for Themselves.

▼ THE ORIGIN OF MAN. .

Anthropomorphism of the Fundamentalists-The Spiritual

Image of God-Present and Future of Man more impor-

tant than His Origin-Bowne on the immanence of God.

VI "UNEXPLAINED ORIGINS" vs THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE. .

Origin is not Evolution-Evolutionists Recognize the

Creator-Graebner's "Biological Barriers" to Evolution

Plants and Animals Related-The "Impassable" Bar-

rier Between the Vertebrates and Invertebrates-"Whence

the Breast"?

VII

"UNANSWERABLE 'CHALLENGE TO DARWINISM'

Catchy Phrases or Scientific Facts-Philip Mauro's Book

"Evolution at the Bar" is "Unanswerable"-Another so-

called "authority", Price's "Upside Down" Geology is

"Unanswerable"-Price's Views of Heredity vs Evolu-

tion Absurd, The Red Sunflower as a Case of Mutation-

"God or Gorilla," Johnston's So-called "Scientific Christ-

ian Thinking"-Evolution as a "Speculative Philosophy"

-Method and not facts of Evolution Debatable.

VIII "ATHEISM" IN OUR UNIVERSITIES.

Evolution vs. the Miracles-Literal Genesis not a Proof

of Christianity?-"Evolution a Fashion?"

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