There were plenty of good scientists before Darwin. Acceptance of Darwin ruined science. It's no coincidence that the last great scientists (like Pasteur, Faraday and Maxwell) published only shortly after Darwin. Once Darwin's stupid ideas took dogmatic hold of mainstream science, all progress in science ground to a halt.
Everything benefit we've gotten from science since the start of the 20th century has been from engineers applying pre-Darwinian science, i.e. "intelligent design".
That is such a retarded statement. Probably 95% or more of modern science has occurred since 1859, from medicine to space travel and everything in between.
And guess what? Pre-Darwinian science was not contradicted by Darwin. Science has been progressing from the ancient Greeks through today. Evolution was no more revolutionary than quantum physics.
You don't accept it for religious reasons, but I wonder whether you're willing to admit it.