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I'm sorry but the premise here is faulty. So many scientists accept the ToE because it explains the evidence, not because of an evil conspiracy.
A good historian doesn't accept assumptions as firm conclusions without investigating. We have evidence of several motives, so we can pretty much rule out your single-motive model, at least until we see some evidence.

It would be helpful if you could find evidence of a scientist who was committed to the theory of creation, and rejected it on the basis of evidence. You maintain this was the case for the overwhelming majority of scientists, do you not? Why can nobody find even one? When I consider the extent of the propaganda machinery, and how pleased they would be to publish such stories, it's hard for me to accept "the fossil record is incomplete" as an excuse.

Evidence-based conversion is looking more and more like an unsupportable myth.

As I'm looking to find the truth, I welcome historic evidence which will advance the investigation.

For example, your post #253165 in the "Evolution: the Big Joke" thread was helpful.
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Let's look at natural selection again. Darwin and Wallace actually found their inspiration for this idea in economics. An English parson named Thomas Malthus published a book in 1797 called Essay on the Principle of Population in which he warned his fellow Englishmen that most policies designed to help the poor were doomed because of the relentless pressure of population growth. A nation could easily double its population in a few decades, leading to famine and misery for all.
Now we can see that when Social Darwinists applied Darwinism to human affairs, they were coming full circle. One can better understand their motives and the consistency of their reasoning.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

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