Newton, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo..... A bunch of nobodies, huh?
Are you really implying that these four scientists, who died long before the theory of evolution existed, did not state a belief in evolution and that therefore modern evolutionary theory is in jeapordy? Please be explicit: is this really what you are suggesting?
I'm suggesting that their not believing in evolution did not affect their contributions to science as some people have indicated would be the case. In case you haven't read there are some evolutionists who think creationists are incapable of using the scientific method properly. Their lack of belief in the ToE makes them so out of touch with reality that their work is suspect. These men were able to provide the foundation on which much of modern science rests while believing in creation. And they sow no conflict, apparently. As far as I've heard, nothing in their work indicated that the creation belief was invalid.
Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo got into some difficulty because their theories and observations contradicted certain aspects of the Creationist myth of their day.
nothing in evolutionary science or abiogenesis or cosmology refutes the possibility of creation in an ultimate sense, they just contradict specifics of the mythology of some creeds.
Newton, Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo were not biologists, and, therefore, were unlikely to have made the observations that would have led to the development of the TOE. Those observations were being made by others.