Around the controversies concerning the theory of evolution

Around the controversies concerning the theory of evolution

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The present essay is composed of two parts.In the first part, the seeming conflict between the theory of evolution and religious faith is discussed.The theory of evolution is a scientific biological theory explaining by the natural mechanisms such phenomena as diversity of animal 30x24x24 wall cabinet species, their changes with time, and their differerntial similarity For religious people (including myself) God is the source of the Universe evolution including the evolution of life.This view does not results from, but also does not stay in opposition to the scientific theory of evolution The second part is devoted to some examples read more of phylosophical (or, in majority rather pseudophilosophical) interpretations of the theory of evolution (social darwinism, eugenics, racism),It is underlined that corectness of the scientific theory does not presume the correctness of its philosophical interpretations.

In turn, the falseness of some (pseudo) philosophical interpretations exceeding the limits of biology, does not mean the falsification of the theory of evolution.