Acceptance Quote by Peter Medawar

The evolution of life, and the evolutionary origin of mankind, are scientifically established as firmly and completely as any historical event not witnessed by…

— Theodosius Dobzhansky

The fundamental religious objection to the theory of evolution is not scientific but moral. [Fundamentalists believe that] evolutionary theory must be opposed because it…

— Elizabeth S. Anderson

“THE evidence for evolution grows by the day, and has never been stronger. At the same time, paradoxically, ill-informed opposition is also stronger than…

— Richard Dawkins

The opposition to teaching evolution is, of course, almost always given a religious reason. That may usually be its real basis, but I think…

— George Gaylord Simpson

“I have a little urge to all the rational thinkers in the world, both scientists and non-scientists. Because of the fact that many of…

— Abhijit Naskar

Creationists have long held that evolutionary theory is atheistic; defenders of the theory do the theory no favor when they agree.

— Elliott Sober

Evolution in nature is not opposed to the notion of Creation, because evolution presupposes the creation of beings that evolve.

— Pope Francis

Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on…

— James D. Watson

In short, evolution is as close to being a scientific fact as is possible for any theory, given that science is open - ended…

— Victor J. Stenger

“If evolutionism were to be rejected, the whole structure upon which the modern world is based would collapse and one would have to accept…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Evolution is a theory in a special philosophical sense of science, but in terms of ordinary laymen's use of language, it's a fact, ..…

— Richard Dawkins

Even if there were no actual evidence in favor of the Darwinian theory, we should still be justified in preferring it over all rival…

— Richard Dawkins