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"The 19th Century mystery religion."

very true....couple of quotes and my 2 cents :) below...

By the way, you have a very nice homepage, "My2Cents".

Thanks to the theory of evolution, naturalism is now the dominant religion of modern society… Although most of Darwin’s theories about the mechanisms of evolution were discarded long ago, the doctrine of evolution itself has managed to achieve the status of a fundamental article of faith in the popular modern mind. Naturalism has now replaced Christianity as the main religion of the Western World, and evolution has become naturalism’s principal dogma.
Evolutionists like to portray their system as a philosophy that stands in opposition to all faith-based world-views, pretending that it is scientifically and intellectually superior precisely because of its supposed non-religious character.
Not so. Religion is exactly the right word to describe naturalism. The entire philosophy is built on a faith-based premise. Its basic presupposition—a rejection of anything supernatural—requires a giant leap of faith. And nearly all of its supporting theories must be taken as well.

As far as the twentieth century is concerned, the leading evolutionist is generally considered to be Sir Julian Huxley, primary architect of modern neo-Darwinism. Huxley called evolution a "Religion Without Revelation" and wrote a book with that title (2nd edition, 1957). In a later book, he said:
“Evolution . . . is the most powerful and the most comprehensive idea that has ever arisen on earth.” [Huxley, Julian, Essays of a Humanist (New York: Harper and `Row, 1964) pp. 125, 222.]
Later in the book he argued passionately that we must change "our pattern of religious thought from a God-centered to an evolution-centered pattern.” [Ibid., p 222.] Then he went on to say that: "the God hypothesis . . . is becoming an intellectual and moral burden on our thought." Therefore, he concluded that "we must construct something to take its place."

All people have a religious worldview.
All people have presuppositions about ultimate reality.
No one is neutral.

Evolutionists start with the presupposition that evolution is “scientific fact”. This results in conclusions which are often times contradictory to the observed world. Evolutionists frequently refuse to come to rational conclusions, or even follow evidence where it leads on the basis that to do so would result in a contradiction of their previous metaphysical beliefs.

“Two loves have created these two cities, namely self-love to the extent of despising God, the earthly;
love of God to the extent of despising one’s self, the heavenly city. The former glories in itself, the latter in God. For the former seeks the glory of men while to the latter God as a testimony of the conscience is the greatest glory. The former lifts its head in self-glory, the latter says to its God: ‘Thou art my glory and the lifter of my head’….”

-Augustine, An Augustine Synthesis (arranged, Erich Przywara), “The City of God,” (Gloucester, Mass: Peter Smith), p265.

“…because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even capable of doing so.”

Romans 8:7

Evolution is one of the central doctrines and provides the foundational basis for the religion Secular Humanism.

The Humanist Manifesto I states, “Humanism believes that man is a part of nature and that he has emerged as a result of a continuous process.”

Biologist Julian Huxley devoted most of his life to integrating evolution and the Humanist worldview. He states,
“I use the word ‘Humanist’ to mean someone who believes that man is just as much a natural phenomenon as an animal or a plant, that his body, his mind, and his soul were not supernaturally created but are all products of evolution, and that he is not under the control or guidance of any supernatural Being or beings, but has to rely on himself and his own powers.”

Humanist Manifesto I:

We therefore affirm the following:
First: Religious humanists regard the universe as self-existing and not created.
Second: Humanism believes that man is part of nature and that he has emerged as the result of continuous process

Humanist Manifesto II:

As non-theists, we begin with humans not God, nature not deity……humans are responsible for what we are or will become. No deity will save us; we must save ourselves…..human species is an emergence from natural evolutionary forces….

“Secular Humanism is even more openly religious than Marxism. The first Humanist Manifesto described the agenda of ‘religious’ Humanists. The 1980 preface to the Humanist Manifestoes I & II, written by Paul Kurtz, says, ‘Humanism is a philosophical, religious, and moral point of view.’ John Dewey, a signatory of the 1933 Manifesto, wrote A Common Faith, in which he said, ‘Here are all the elements for a religious faith that shall not be confined to sect, class or race. . . . It remains to make it explicit and militant.’

In Torcaso v. Watkins (June 19, 1961), the U.S. Supreme Court stated, ‘Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism and others.’

"19th Century religion"

Man elevating himself to the place of God, and worshiping the created things rather then the Creator is nothing new to the 19th century...

It has going on for very long time, Darwinian evolution is merely the lastest flavor.....

For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.

Rom 1:20,25