if it is not fear of retribution that stops them from speaking up, then why do they still support the theory of evolution?
For some it is a very real fear.
For most (you misquoted me, by the way), it's this:
"I had motives for not wanting the world to have meaning, consequently assumed it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption . . The philosopher who finds no meaning in the world is not concerned exclusively with a problem in pure metaphysics; he is also concerned to prove there is no valid reason why he personally should not do as he wants to do . . For myself, as no doubt for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we desired was simultaneously liberation from a certain political and economic system and liberation from a certain system of morality. We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom."—Aldous Huxley, "Confessions of a Professed Atheist," Report: Perspective on the News, Vol. 3, June 1966, p. 19 [grandson of evolutionist Thomas Huxley, Darwin's closest friend and promoter, and brother of evolutionist Julian Huxley. Aldous Huxley was one of the most influential liberal writers of the 20th century].
Scientists are people too. You greatly underestimate the power of human desire.
Obviously organic chemistry is a real mystery to you. Everything that happens in a cell is simply chemistry. The right conditions result in the right molecules being formed. Could the conditions exist outside the cell to form some proteins? Possibly.
Well, this guy thinks differently:
http://urlbam.com/ha/M0029I believe him.
"simply chemistry" you say, but are these processes simple?
Are you saying that you believe that the processes that occur in a cell are simple?If not, do you believe they are complex?
Because all he said is that he was convinced that amino acids could not have formed proteins by themselves. It's nice that he is convinced but I am not convinced by his saying that he is. Just as I would not be convinced that the Holocaust was faked just because a Jewish man said so.
If you ever feel brave and are willing to confront the vast intelligent evidence against evolution, I would strongly suggest getting this video:
http://www.go2rpi.com/prodinfo.asp?number=2392It clearly demonstrates how silly evolution is.
Not "by itself" but through a long series of chemical reactions that occurred because the right conditions existed at particular times.
—P. Lemoine, "Introduction: De L' Evolution?" Encyclopedie Francaise, Vol. 5 (1937), p. 6.
