Saturday, June 12, 2010, Berwyn, IL
Hugh Owen
Conference on Creation and Evolution, hosted by the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation
MP3 Audio
On the heels of Charles Darwin and other thinkers, the nineteenth century saw a movement of secular humanism in which the claim was made that science could explain everything without God, explains Hugh Owen, director of the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation. By relying only on science, proponents believed that a heaven on earth could be achieved. Since then, Joseph Stalin and other forces in the modern world have used the theory of evolution as a tool to dismantle belief in God the creator and introduce their own godless systems. How does God react to all of this?
Owen also relates the moving story of his own father’s loss of faith in college after being taught evolution, and how his subsequent attempt as a high-ranking United Nations official to bring about a harmonious world ended in disappointment.