Evolutionary scientists have called Darwinism “the greatest engine of atheism devised by man” and said that evolution made it possible “to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist”. That’s why you hear such panicked squawking from the left when someone brings up the fact that evolution is a failed theory.
Quite a leap you've made there. Equivalent to, "A preacher called Christianity a bunch of hogwash" and therefore it is.
Okay, so you got a talking point from Anne Coulter about a Cornell professor who did indeed say the first quote you mined. My curiosity led me to sift thru the drudgery of creationist drivel to find the actual quote and its context.
Yes, William Provine (the singular scientist who said this, not the trumped up "scientistS" of your comment) said exactly what you said he said. But it is, of course, part of a much longer article about faith and science.
It's a good read.
Regardless, I'm not sure how one guy's thoughts on the matter of faith and science reconciling lead to your odd conclusion that "evolution is a failed theory." Provine could believe that magic unicorns created us all yesterday, but that has no bearing on the fact of evolution.