"Evolution is not so much science as it is religion."
"The reason that evolutionary science is like a religion is the kind of fanaticism that Darwinists try to conquer the world."
"No matter what other goals science is involved in-religion, Politics, race—after that, the scientists themselves will inevitably become enthusiastic.” The
Chinese title of CREATION translated into "Creating Things and Getting People" is not correct, but it is quite ironic. The film is selected during the period before and after Charles Darwin wrote "The Origin of Species". He encountered mental torture and obstacles within his family as a result of writing this book. The film does not have a complete story line, but is full of a lot of fragments. Darwin travels through the triple time and space of reality, memory, and illusion. His mumbling, his doubts, and his self-struggle are all stories he tells.
It all started with the death of his beloved eldest daughter Annie. Anne was regarded as an "ape" experiment subject by her father from the very beginning. Darwin recorded in his notebook the growth of her daughter during her infancy. Anne received his education in evolution and her interest in biology since she was a child. And because of her knowledge of evolution, she also had conflicts with pastors. During a beach trip, Annie accidentally caught a cold and became seriously ill. Darwin took her to receive the hydrotherapy he trusted. The hydrotherapy failed and Annie died. Darwin fell into great grief and self-guilt. Because he and his wife were close relatives, Darwin believed that this caused Anne's birth defects. It is pointed out in the movie that Darwin and his wife were married for the purpose of raising superior offspring(?), but this experiment went bankrupt because of Anne's death. Darwin further attributed the guilt to his forcibly taking Anne to receive hydrotherapy, and cut off the opportunity for his wife to be with his daughter. The deep sense of guilt and pain caused him to fall into an abnormal state of mind. Annie, who died in hallucinations, still appeared by his side from time to time and talked with him. The loss of religious belief also prevented him from gaining comfort from the death of his daughter. Mental abnormalities led to physical decline, and he could not continue to write "Origin of Species". At the same time, Joseph Hooker and Huxley fiercely urged him to complete "Origin of Species" as soon as possible, in order to completely and resolutely defeat theists, destroy religion, and kill God. In the family, his like-minded wife turned to religion due to Anne's death, and she resisted and condemned Darwin's writing of "The Origin of Species". The priest, who was once a good friend, also broke with Darwin.
There are also two stories told by Darwin interspersed in the movie. One is the British attempt to demonstrate the glory of Christ by civilizing the children of the aboriginal children of the deserted islands so that the aboriginals in the uncivilized state can be converted to Christianity, but this The experiment ridiculously went bankrupt; the second story is the fate of an orangutan. She came from the jungle to the London Zoo and died of lung disease. Before she died, she made a human comfort gesture to the breeder who was feeding her and stroked him. s face. The former story seems absurd, but the latter is full of care and sadness in Darwin's narrative. This second story is also one of Annie's favorite to listen to.
Just like the crazy John Nash in "Beautiful Mind", Darwin finally won the victory in his self-struggle, restored his consciousness and physical health, and wrote the hugely influential evolutionary book "The Origin of Species". Internally, he also gained the understanding and support of his wife, and the closeness of his children returned to a harmonious family atmosphere. The movie came to an abrupt end, without explaining the fate after "Origin of Species", and there was no dispute between science and religion. Express any clear opinions. It seems that this is another film with the main theme, but the whole film is full of black, depressed emotions and pain that cannot be vented. In fact, the problem faced by Darwin at the end of the film has not been solved, not only. It was Anne's death that brought him, and his own suspicions, but they were only rendered very obscure.
CREATION has tried its best to avoid discussing the conflict between religion and science. It focuses on Darwin’s personal spiritual struggles, and it also expresses vaguely and very confusingly. This is a conflict in a person’s heart, out of the general background, if the audience Seeing what associations it will produce, it is all the audience's own associations. The key point (not mentioned in the movie) is that Darwin's theory was later politicized (or religiousized-Darwinists), and it became a sharp weapon against Christ (and it was definitely not simply because science must be overthrown) Religious purpose). Darwin must have realized this from the beginning. (In the case of imperfect human development, the current Darwinism is disastrous. The survival of the fittest theory creates a shameless slogan for the powerful, and the moral obstacles can be completely ignored.) The
movie is right. There is almost no direct refutation of creationism (at least I haven't seen it). What’s interesting is that Darwin’s two fierce rebuttals created so many lives just to make them die? And the words that I said to the pastor while sitting on the stool drove the pastor away... God created so many lives just to make them die? This is unrighteous. There is no unrighteous God in the world. How can it be explained that God is so cruel and cannot be explained. Therefore, God does not exist and can only be explained in another way, that is, natural selection, survival of the fittest. This is not from an empirical perspective at all, but from a logical perspective.
In addition, in the film "Beautiful Mind", I think the human nature is not "the will finally wins", but the will finally be forced to obtain a "victory" in the secular sense. Such a victory can also be described by dark triumph.
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