The Masonic Theory of the Origins of Life As we stated at the beginning, the theory of evolution rests on the claim that living things were not created, but arose and developed due to chance and natural laws. In order to test this theory scientifically, it is necessary to look at every stage of this supposed process, and to examine whether or not such a process occurred in the past and whether such a process could have been possible. The first step in this process is a hypothetical condition within which lifeless matter could engender a living organism. Before looking at this condition, we must recall a law that has been recognized in biology since the time of Pasteur: Life comes from life. That is, a living organism can be generated only from another living organism. For example, mammals are born from their mothers. In many other species of animals the young are born from eggs that had been laid by the mothers. Plants grow out of seeds. Single-cell organisms such as bacteria divide and multiply. Nothing has ever been observed to the contrary. Throughout the history of the world no one has ever witnessed lifeless matter giving birth to a living being. Of course, there were those in Ancient Egypt, Greece and the Middle Ages who thought they had observed such an outcome; the Egyptians believed that frogs sprang from the mud of the Nile, a belief also sustained by Ancient Greek philosophers, such as Aristotle. In the Middle Ages it was believed that mice were begotten from the wheat of granaries. However, all these beliefs proved to be out of ignorance, and finally, in his famous experiments in the 1860s, Pasteur proved that even bacteria, the most basic form of life, did not come to be without a predecessor, that is, it is not possible for lifeless things to produce life. But, the theory of evolution is dependent on this impossibility because it claims that living things were born and developed without the involvement of a Creator, and this requires that, at the first stage of this proposed scenario, living things be generated by chance. Darwin attempted to describe the origins of life, about which he knew little, in a short sentence, wherein he stated that life must have first appeared some warm little pond,111 but evolutionists that followed him became concerned about elaborating on this matter. However, efforts made throughout the twentieth century to produce an evolutionist explanation of the origins of life resulted only in deepening the impasse in which evolutionists had found themselves. Apart from the fact that evolutionists have not been able to give the slightest scientific proof that life can be generated from lifeless matter, they have also not been able to provide even a theoretical explanation. This is because the structure of the most basic single-celled living organism is highly complex. It is mathematically impossible that even a cells basic constituents—proteins, DNA or RNA—could have come to be by chance, much less the cell itself. The fact that the probability of life generating by chance is zero alone proves the existence of order, in other words the fact of Creation. On this matter, the famous English astronomer and mathematician, Fred Hoyle, makes this comment: Indeed, such a theory (that life was assembled by an intelligence) is so obvious that one wonders why it is not widely accepted as being self-evident. The reasons are psychological rather than scientific.112 This psychological reason that Hoyle mentions is the evolutionists disposition by which they insist on rejecting, in advance, every result that should lead them to accept the existence of Allah and their conditioning themselves for this. In our other works focusing on the invalidity of the theory of evolution, we cited many admissions of this fact by the evolutionists and we examined the irrational hypotheses that evolutionists have blindly proposed merely in order to not accept the existence of Allah. At this point though, we will focus our attention on the Masonic lodges to see their view on this matter. While it is so clearly evident that life was brought into being by an intelligent Creator, what do the Masons think about the question? Master Mason, Selami Isindag, in his book intended for Mason audience, entitled Evrim Yolu (The Way of Evolution), explains the matter in this way: The most important characteristic of our school of morality is that we do not depart from the principles of logic and we do not enter the unknowns of theism, secret meanings or dogmas. On this basis we assert that the first appearance of life began in crystals under conditions that we cannot know or discover today. Living things were born according to the law of evolution and slowly spread over the earth. As a result of evolution, todays human beings came to be and advanced beyond other animals both in consciousness and intelligence.113 It is important to notice the connection between cause and effect suggested in the above quotation: Isindag stresses that the most important characteristic of Masonry is that it rejects theism, that is, belief in Allah. And immediately afterwards, he claims on this basis that life arose spontaneously from lifeless matter, and later underwent evolution that resulted in the appearance of human beings. It will be noticed that Isindag brings no scientific evidence to bear on the theory of evolution. (The fact that there is no scientific evidence is presupposed by the obtuse words these are facts that we cannot know or discover today). The only support that Isindag supplies for the theory of evolution is the Masonic non-acceptance of theism. In other words, Masons are evolutionists because they do not accept the existence of Allah. This is the only reason for their being evolutionists. In the constitution of the Great Council of Turkey organized by Turkish Masons of the 33rd degree, the evolution scenario was once again restated, and the Masons rejection of the Creationist explanation expressed in these words: In a very early age and according to an inorganic process, organic life came to be. In order to produce cellular organisms cells came together in groups. Later, intelligence sprang forth and human beings were born. But from where? We keep asking ourselves this question. Was it from Gods breathing over formless mud? We reject the explanation of an abnormal kind of creation; a kind of creation that excludes man. Since life and its genealogy exist, we must follow the philogenetic line and feel, understand and acknowledge that a wheel exists that explains this great deed, that is the act of leap. We must believe that there was a phase of development in which there was a great rush of activity that caused life to pass at a particular moment from that phase to another.114 It is possible here to recognize Masonic fanaticism. When the writer says that they reject a kind of creation that excludes man, he is repeating the basic dogma of humanism, that a human being is the highest creature that exists, and announcing that Masons reject any other explanation. When he says, an abnormal kind of creation, he means Allahs intervention in the creation of living beings, rejecting this possibility a priori. (However, what is truly abnormal is that Masons accept, without observation or experiment, the illogical belief that lifeless matter came to life by chance and formed life on earth, including human beings.) It will be noticed that according to the Masonic explanation there is no suggestion of scientific proof. Masons do not say, There is proof for evolution and therefore we reject Creation. They are only blinded by a philosophical fanaticism. Masonic publications insist on this tenet. Master Mason Selami Isindag claims that apart from nature there is no force that guides us, and is responsible for our thoughts and actions. He immediately adds, life began from one cell and reached its present stage as a result of various changes and evolutions.115 Later he summarizes what the theory of evolution means for Masons: From the point of view of evolution, human beings are no different from animals. For the formation of man and his evolution there are no special forces other than those to which animals are subjected.116 This assertion shows clearly why Masons attach such importance to the theory of evolution. Their aim is to defend the idea that human beings were not created and to present their own humanist materialist philosophy as tenable. And, the only method that can be used to reject the idea that human beings were created is the theory of evolution. So, it is for this reason that Masons, to whatever extent, believe in the theory of evolution and seek to disseminate it throughout society. This shows that Masons, who are constantly accusing those who believe in Allah of being dogmatic, are themselves dogmatic. (NOTE) 111 Francis Darwin, Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Vol.II, from charles Darwin to J. Do Hooker, March 29, 1963 112 Fred Hoyle, Chandra Wickramasinghe, Evolution from Space, p.130, (emphasis added) 113 Dr. Selami Isindag, Evrim Yolu (The Way of Evolution), Istanbul1979, p. 141, (emphasis added) 114 P. M. Giovanni, Turkiye Fikir ve Kultur Dernegi E. ve K. S. R. Sonuncu ve 33. Derecesi Turkiye Yuksek Surasi, 24. Conference (The Turkish Society of Idea and Culture, 33rd degree, Turkey Supreme Meeting, 24th conference), Istanbul, 1973, p. 107, (emphasis added 115 Dr. Selami Isindag, Sezerman Kardes VI, Masonluktan Esinlenmeler (Inspirations from Freemasonry), Istanbul 1977, p. 78, (emphasis added) 116 Dr. Selami Isindag, Masonluk Ogretileri (Masonic Doctrines), Masonluktan Esinlenmeler (Inspirations from Freemasonry), Istanbul 1977, p. 137 117 Tanju Koray, Mimar Sinan, 1992, No: 85, p. 46, (emphasis added) 118 Tanju Koray, Mimar Sinan, 1992, No: 85, p. 49, (emphasis added)
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