this are so
familiar that it is scarcely necessary to elaborate on it, as many will
occur to the reader who is at all familiar with the essential harmony
between the Bible and all real scientific knowledge, and with the fact that
a multitude of scientific discoveries have been made, only to find that the
Bible made reference to them in the most accurate scientific terms many
centuries before their discovery.

A conclusion is now possible as to what attitude a man who has faith in an
inerrant Bible will be compelled to take toward the theory of evolution.
When he sees that the logic of evolution destroys every fundamental
Scripture doctrine which he has already had verified to him by the Holy
Spirit; when he learns that evolution is not only entirely unproven but
even discredited by many competent men of science; and when he turns to the
Bible and reads the statement repeated over and again that each species was
created to reproduce only "after his kind"; he will be compelled to make a
choice between evolution and an inerrant Bible, and, believing the Bible,
he will reject evolution.

Then when he recalls that to Eve, Satan advanced an unproven theory which
assumed to interpret, but had the effect of denying, the Word of God, and
then reflects that the theory of evolution does precisely the same thing,
he will become suspicious that the "father of lies" is behind the whole
evolutionary propaganda. Other theories that are unproven and discredited
fall by their own weight. The persistence of this theory must be accounted
for on the ground that it can be used to destroy faith in the infallibility
of the Bible.

It is quite true that there are many who say they believe the Bible and
accept evolution also. But how those who are mentally sound and capable of
logical consistency can accept two mutually exclusive propositions at the
same time, it is impossible to understand. We will be compelled to let
those who say they accept both the Bible and evolution explain how they do
it--if they can! But meantime, if we take pains to make careful inquiry of
such people, we shall find that in =every case= where logical and
consistent thinking has any meaning whatever, a =choice= has been made
between the Bible as an inerrant and infallible Book and the theory of
evolution. It is quite possible for a man to hold the "scientific" or
"historical" attitude toward the Bible, which makes it a human book marred
by many errors, and believe in