Why I Am Not an Evolutionist

By Jensen DG. Mañebog

The book provides a critical evaluation of evolutionism. It answers essential questions like, “Is evolutionism as a worldview philosophically sound?;” “What can we reasonably say about Darwinist-evolutionistic worldview as a belief system?;” and “Is the moral philosophy that it advocates sensible?” This work also aims to help in resolving the philosophical debate on whether or not we must remove God in the sphere of morality.

Moreover, the book could equip theists, agnostics, and atheists alike with valuable information as they confront or deal with the evolutionist worldview.

Hopefully, this book could also give light to the readers in order to somehow remedy the moral disarray which has become a characteristic of societies today. For readers who are serious in looking for an ethical system to be used as a guide in their moral decisions, this work somewhat offers an evaluation of some ethical theories and moral worldviews.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jensen DG. Mañebog
• Release date: Oct 16, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301106684

Jensen DG. Mañebog

JENSEN DE GUZMAN MAÑEBOG writes about philosophy, history, life lessons, education, and literature. He took up Bachelor of Arts degree (graduated summa cum laude), finished his Master's from University of the Philippines-Diliman, and completed doctoral level units.He taught History, Philosophy, Debate, Education, and Social Science subjects in some universities in Metro Manila, Philippines for many years. A textbook author and editorial consultant of some academic sites, his published textbooks (adopted by some universities), multidisciplinary researches, lectures, and blogs have been garnering various favorable comments and are used by many educators.Graduated class valedictorian both in elementary and high school, the author was a Professorial Lecturer in the Graduate School of a state university in Metro Manila and became the first President of the academic organization ELPAP (E-Learning Practitioners Association of the Philippines). His e-books were written in partnership with OurHappySchool.com and/or Philippine-Guide.com.You may contact the author through [e-mail].(In mid-2014, Prof. Jensen took on a holy vocation and voluntarily granted the full copyrights of his e-books to his partners/publishers.)

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Why I Am Not an Evolutionist

By Jensen DG. Mañebog

Copyright 2013 Jensen DG. Mañebog

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Table of Contents

About the author

Dedication

Introduction

Significance of the topic

A Background and Context

Evolution, Natural Selection, and Darwinism

The Claims of Today’s Evolutionists

Is Evolution Scientific?

1. Fails to follow scientific method

2. Inconsistent to observable phenomena

3. The crucial gaps in fossil records

4. The still missing ‘missing links’

Does evolution do science an excellent favor?

World-class scientists’ stand on evolution

1. The two-page advertisement

2. Darwin himself doubted evolution

3. A ‘politically correct’ conclusion

Evolutionism as a worldview: An analysis

1. Inability to account for the origin of intelligent life

2. Inability to explain the origin of matter

3. Evolution’s implicit reasoning is flawed

4. Against common sense

Darwinism as a belief system

1. A baseless philosophical assumption

2. An unsupported epistemological claim

Evolutionism as an ethical foundation

1. Importance of Ethics

2. Some Features of Morality

2.1. Man’s sense of moral obligation and accountability

2.2. Moral values and absolutes exist

2.3. Moral law exists

3. Evolutionism and Ethics

Conclusion

1. Evolutionism’s shortcomings

2. The ‘compassionate tear’ and self-sacrifice

Appendices

References

About the author

Jensen De Guzman Mañebog took Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated summa cum laude at Saint Louis University. He finished his Master of Arts degree at the University of the Philippines-Diliman and is currently a candidate in the doctoral program.

He has been teaching Philosophy of Science, Logic, Ethics, History, Debate, Education, and Social Science subjects in some universities in Metro Manila for 15 years. A textbook author and editorial consultant of some academic sites (e.g. OurHappySchool.com), his published multidisciplinary researches, lectures, and blogs have been garnering numerous favorable comments and are used by other educators.

Graduated class valedictorian both in elementary and high school, the author is also a Professorial Lecturer in the Graduate School of a state university in Metro Manila.

Dedication

To Kuya Rodel Mañebog, Rommel Laconsay, Joji Crisistomo, Boyet Menorca, Matt Talens, Siegfred Gollayan, Oblai Gaddi, Julius Malabanan, Mark Crelencia, Richard Calangan, Mandy Nepomuceno, Edwil Zabala, and Al Sinocruz.

Introduction

WHEN ASKED by Encarta World English editor Latha Menon on what it was that first brought him to biology, today’s most famous British evolutionist Richard Dawkins, chair of Charles Simonyi Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University in England, retorted: It was not so much the wonderful natural history but the philosophical questions, such as how biology may help us to answer questions like ‘Why are we all here?’ (Encarta Interview, 2005)

Pertinently, one of the humble purposes of this endeavor is to provide you a philosophical evaluation of evolutionism. Is evolutionism as a worldview philosophically sound? What can we reasonably say about Darwinist-evolutionistic worldview as a belief system? Is the moral philosophy that it advocates sensible (i.e. plausible, reasonable, and consistent)?

Significance of the topic

Related to other philosophical controversies (e.g. theism vs. atheism and creationism vs. evolution), this work that focuses on Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution could also significantly play a role in resolving the philosophical debate on whether or not we must remove God in the sphere of morality. Providing understanding on the presuppositions