Henry Drummond

The Evolution of Man Henry Drummond

The fight, or the apparent fight, between Religion and Science is an old one. Science is continually making discoveries which seem to oppose the current dogmas of faith. Science, for example, discovers that the earth is a globe and revolves around the sun. Straightway there is a hubbub amongst the dogmatists. Text after text is quoted from the Bible to prove that Science must be wrong. Then the Reconciler steps in to show that Scripture, properly interpreted, does not mean what the dogmatists asserted. Again, Science discovers that the Earth has existed for millions of years. Another hubbub among the dogmatists! According to their interpretation of Biblical chronology the earth has existed for just about six thousand years. Then the Reconciler, by reference to the Sanskrit original, shows that the six days of creation undoubtedly mean six geological periods of indefinite length, and that there is no real antagonism in the assertion made by Science. And so the conflict goes on with the progress of the views and the increase in man's knowledge.