In a centennial edition of Darwin's Origin of Species, W. R. Thompson, the director of the Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control stated in the introduction: "As we know, there is a great divergence of opinion among biologists, not only about the causes of evolution but even about the actual process. This divergence exists because

Many people may recall the scientific work of Louis Pasteur in solving problems related to fermentation and infectious disease. But he also performed many experiments to determine whether tiny life-forms could arise by themselves. Pasteur demonstrated that even minute bacteria did not develop in sterilized water protected from contamination.

Despite this, however, many advocates of evolution feel that they do have sufficient reason to insist that evolution is a fact. They say that they are just arguing over minor details. But if any other theory had such huge remaining holes, and so many major contradictions, would it be so readily taught and pronounced as fact? Merely repeating something as a fact does not make it a fact. John R. Durant, a respected biologist wrote this: "Many scientists succumb to the temptation to be dogmatic, ...over and over again the origin of the species has been presented as if it were finally settled. Nothing could be further from the truth...But the tendency to be dogmatic persists, and it does no service to the cause of science."

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