Evolution did not become widely accepted because of the "facts,"
but because its proponents hated Biblical morality and the authority of God
and saw Darwin's theory as a way of escaping responsibility under
God.
Evolution became popular 1859-1939 because it buttressed the racist
genocidal philosophies of Fascism, Marxism and other forms of
"scientific" totalitarianism. While Mussolini is no longer
popular, "scientific socialism" still is.
Last year over 10,000 people were murdered in the United States by
criminals. In the last century, more than 10,000 people were murdered every
single day by governments based on the
theory of evolution and the principles of Secular Humanism.
In their attempt to liberate Jerusalem from the Moslems, Christians killed
thousands during the Crusades, but scrupulously avoided killing
non-combatant civilians. Secular Humanists have no scruples against killing
hundreds of millions of innocent civilians. We now live in a secular age of
Total War and Mass Death.
As Christians mature in their faith, they have repented of their killing
of thousands during the Crusades and the Inquisition. Nobody defends these
acts any more. But as Secular Humanists become more logically consistent
with the principles of their
religion, they resolve to murder billions, not just hundreds of
millions.