Dear Charles Darwin,
In the Year of our Lord, 2009 – which marks the 200th anniversary of your birth, and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species – I am writing to inform you that one of the greatest living intellects on planet Earth has been investigating your theory of evolution with great scientific thoroughness, and has concluded that it is just a steaming heap of moo poo.
Anti-materialist Adnan Oktar doesn't half fancy his Versace
I am sure that this, on its own, will not disturb you, as many of your critics said as much when you were still with us.
However, Mr Adnan Oktar – good citizen of Turkey, incurable fashionista, and the world’s greatest authority on creationism – lays the blame firmly on your shoulders for all the terrorism in the world. This, Charles, is pushing it a bit, which is why I have taken the trouble to draw your attention to the slur.
Oktar, also known under his pen name of Harun Yahya, expanded on his Theory of Darwinism last week in the Tehran Times:
Muslims are generally unaware where the troubles are coming from … When I investigated it I saw that Darwinism lay at the root of all this suffering, trouble, violence and pain, as there would be no materialism without Darwinism.
He further expounds:
Darwinism is essential for materialist philosophy, and without materialism there can be no communism, fascism, imperialism, savage capitalism, nor immorality nor terror.
Nor, may we venture, white silk suits, designer T-shirts and sunglasses, and blingy accessories.
He continues:
Atheism is active right across the world, hurting and literally damning people. But they do not look for the root cause … Darwinism is the foundation of godlessness, of all atheist ideologies, and thus of all these troubles. I have gone right to the root of the matter and struck at the root of atheism in my work.
What is not clear, dear Charles, is why Oktar/Yahya is still getting his Armani chaddies in twist about your work, because he claims to have already succeeded in causing the collapse of your theory.
I have severed the jugular, the main artery of atheism. As Darwinism has collapsed, materialists have, of course, less and less respect for their own beliefs. It is no longer possible for people to be materialists. That is why, if Muslims want to fight atheism, they must wage an intellectual struggle against the religion of atheism.
The paper’s interviewer then put this “question” to Oktar/Yahya:
The Western media often try to distort the image of Islam by depicting extremists, fanatics, and suicide bombers as Muslims. How can we respond to this and show the true face of Islam?
Here is his answer:
Darwinists attempt to equate the violence and terror they themselves nurture and grow with Muslims … Darwinism is the root of terrorism, whereas Islam is the antidote to it.
Next to my brand new iMac, Charles, is my trusty old ouija board, and I would appreciate it of you could use it to respond to our Turkish friend.
Oh, and Charles you’ll have to do a lot better than “TWAT!”
Hat Tip: Dead Yeti
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February 18th, 2009 at 2:37 am
Well no wonder my atheism’s been faltering lately- it’s due the work of Mr. Oktar/Yahya!
February 18th, 2009 at 2:39 am
Of course! How could I not not have seen it sooner? Terrorism isn’t the Muslims’ fault, it’s the people who dare disagree with them!
All sarcasm aside, is it me, or does this seem like the theological equivalent of “Baby, why you gotta make me hit you?”
February 18th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Not the old “religion of atheism” bit again! Its funny how when idiots like Yahya want to insult atheists they compare us to religion without a hint of irony!
I forget who said, “Atheism is a religion in the same way that baldness is a hair style” but its a bloody good point.
February 18th, 2009 at 5:34 am
Haha. Yahya gaga.
Tata.
February 18th, 2009 at 5:47 am
He’s right. People have been flying planes into buildings in the name of no-gods for centuries. Countless wars have been waged in the name of no-gods. If it weren’t for atheism women and gays would have had equal rights long ago.
Now you must excuse me. My dinner is ready, and roasted baby is no good if it’s overdone.
February 18th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Isn’t this jerk in prison yet? Last I heard he’d been sentenced to two years.
February 18th, 2009 at 8:08 am
I must say – religion has an incredible capacity to surprise me, just when I thought I had seen or heard everything crazy someone comes along to prove me wrong.
You would have thought that his mighty lordship, Yahweh, Jehovah, Allah… creator of the universe, Lord of all he surveys, when he created us in his image wouldn’t have forgotten to add a brain…
Intelligent design indeed…
February 18th, 2009 at 8:19 am
As a member of the religion of atheism I would like to claim my Very Silly Hat, Big Lad’s Book of (mad, contradictory, sexist and homophobic) Rules, and state-funded atheist school for my at-present hypothetical triplets, Sherine, Dawkins and Fry.
February 18th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Isn’t this a bit like saying that we wouldn’t have to discriminate against women if only they weren’t inferior?
February 18th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Sherine, Dawkins and Fry … is that the team of solicitors specialising in religious discrimination cases brought by thin-skinned atheists who claim to be bullied at work by aggressive Christians?
February 18th, 2009 at 10:22 am
What about all those systems (under different names, of course, or no name at all) before Chuck came on the scene? Were there no equaivlents of communism etc.? Were people not materialistic? And did they not require this materialism to come up with whatever way people were ruled back then, such as absolute monarchy? Did the feudal system not require an eye to the material? And without Darwin, no immorality? Can I get back to my wank now?
February 18th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Atheism goes hand in hand with materialism?!?!? It’s not just this nutter who says so, the arch bish of York said it too.
Should I conclude from this that I am missing out? Are the rest of you counting your vast City bonuses, glugging Krug on your yachts and playing polo at weekends?
And another thing, aren’t the Vatican and the CofE amongst the wealthiest organisations on the planet? Taking ‘collections’ from poor old ladies so that Ratzi, Sentamu & Co can have golden robes and headgear studded with jewels.
February 18th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Looks like a bond villain if you ask me. And he is an enemy of thought.
Hmm. Thats a good name for a band.
February 18th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Look at that picture, and the Range Rover in the background…
Come on, it’s George Michael having us on, right?
February 18th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
For someone so down on capitalism and imperialism, he’s very keen on designer clothes. He must be the Simon Cowell of Islam, he’s even wearing his trousers some where around his chin!
February 19th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
In a way the guy got a point. Islam is not the problem. Religion is the problem. If human kind is gonna survive his own stupidity it as to be by getting rid of this shit. Unforthunately human stupidity. the universe and the religion have something in common. They are all in perpetual expention. It seams.
February 19th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Wot a load of shite. After stephen green, this is the sort of bloke that gets headbutted in pubs.
February 19th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Got this alternative name for muslims from a sadly anonymous source on a Canadian blog – Koranimals. Wish I could take credit for this.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Darwinism was a Zionist Jews conspiracy to humanize animal and dehumanized man. Since the Zionist Jews consider non-Jews as inferior humans and them as God’s selected creation; so it was necessary that a scientific theory had to be propounded that corroborated with their religious belief that non-Jews were subordinate specie.
Since the Zionist Jews were the richest minority in the West and controlling European economies, financial and industrial sectors, and suffocating western politics; it was essential that the philosophy of ‘Capitalism and materialism’ was propagated amongst the elite and masses to distance them from Christianity.
Theory if Evolution, however, preposterous and scientifically inept facilitated, colonialism, secularism, atheism and materialism in19th century Europe. Darwinism is the cause of all evil that has affected the West since its inception and encouraged, immorality, lewdness, vulgarity, greed and an absurd logic that th3e concept of God is irrelevant and not need in a civilized society and running of a secular and democratic government.
July 6th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Saqib. If the theory of evolution is so scientifically inept why is it that Adnan Oktar can't even post a rebuttal of it without misunderstanding it completely?
The answer is that Adnan Oktar is scientifically inept, and morally suspect. He isn't even an orthodox muslim, since he is trying to claim to be a messiah for his own criminal ends.